lift (
http://definr.com/lift)
n 1: the act of giving temporary assistance
2: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil
that opposes gravity [syn:
aerodynamic lift]
3: the event of something being raised upward [syn:
elevation,
raising]
4: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn:
rise]
5: conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn:
ski tow, {ski
lift}]
6: 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 [syn:
elevator]
7: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
8: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
getting ladders up" [syn:
raise,
heave,
elevation]
v 1: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn:
raise,
elevate,
get up, {bring
up}] [ant:
lower]
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" [syn:
raise]
4: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
rise,
arise,
move up,
go up,
come up,
uprise] [ant:
descend]
5: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
6: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on
smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
[syn:
revoke,
annul,
countermand,
reverse,
repeal,
overturn,
rescind,
vacate]
7: make off with belongings of others [syn:
pilfer,
cabbage,
purloin,
pinch,
abstract,
snarf,
swipe,
hook,
sneak,
filch,
nobble]
8: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn:
hoist,
wind]
9: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits", "lift his ego"
[syn:
raise]
10: raise in rank or condition: "The new law lifted many people
from poverty" [syn:
raise,
elevate]
11: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
12: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn:
rise,
rear]
13: pay off; as of mortgages
14: take without referencing from someone else's writing or
speech; of intellectual property [syn:
plagiarize,
plagiarise]
15: take illegally, as of cattle [syn:
rustle]
16: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by
other means: "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn:
airlift]
17: take out of the ground, of root crops; "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, as of a siege or a blockade; "lift a ban";
"raise a siege" [syn:
raise]
21: remove by scalping, of hair
22: remove from a seedbed or form a nursery, as of bulbs
23: remove from a surface, of fingerprints
24: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn:
face-lift]