lift meaning and definition

LIFT noun

Definition of lift (noun)

1. the act of giving temporary assistance
2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
   • synonyms: aerodynamic lift
3. the event of something being raised upward
   • "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
   • synonyms: elevation, raising
4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
   • synonyms: rise
5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
   • synonyms: ski lift, ski tow
6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
8. lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
   • synonyms: elevator
9. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
   • "some actresses have more than one face lift"
   • synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
    • synonyms: airlift
11. a ride in a car
    • "he gave me a lift home"
12. the act of raising something
    • "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
    • synonyms: heave, raise

LIFT verb

Definition of lift (verb)

1. raise from a lower to a higher position
   • "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
   • synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, raise
   • antonym: bring down
2. take hold of something and move it to a different location
   • "lift the box onto the table"
3. move upwards
   • "lift one's eyes"
   • synonyms: raise
4. move upward
   • "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
   • synonyms: arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise
   • antonym: come down
5. make audible
   • "He lifted a war whoop"
6. cancel officially
   • "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
   • synonyms: annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
7. make off with belongings of others
   • synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   • "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
   • synonyms: hoist, wind
9. invigorate or heighten
   • "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
   • synonyms: raise
10. raise in rank or condition
    • "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
    • synonyms: elevate, raise
11. take off or away by decreasing
    • "lift the pressure"
12. rise up
    • "The building rose before them"
    • synonyms: rear, rise
13. pay off (a mortgage)
14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    • synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize
15. take illegally
    • "rustle cattle"
    • synonyms: rustle
16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    • "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
    • synonyms: airlift
17. take (root crops) out of the ground
    • "lift potatoes"
18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    • "The floor is lifting slowly"
20. put an end to
    • "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
    • synonyms: raise
21. remove (hair) by scalping
22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    • "lift the tulip bulbs"
23. remove from a surface
    • "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
    • synonyms: face-lift