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lifespan
  • n  the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
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lifestyle
  • n  a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
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lifetime
  • n  the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
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lifo
  • n  inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold
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lift
  • n  the act of giving temporary assistance
  • n  the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
  • n  the event of something being raised upward
  • n  a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  • n  a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
  • n  a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  • n  one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  • n  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
  • n  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
  • n  transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  • n  a ride in a car
    he gave me a lift home
  • n  the act of raising something
    he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
  • v  raise from a lower to a higher position
  • v  take hold of something and move it to a different location
    lift the box onto the table
  • v  move upwards
    lift one's eyes
  • v  move upward
    The fog lifted
  • v  make audible
    He lifted a war whoop
  • v  cancel officially
    lift an embargo
  • v  make off with belongings of others
  • v  raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  • v  invigorate or heighten
    lift my spirits
    lift his ego
  • v  raise in rank or condition
    The new law lifted many people from poverty
  • v  take off or away by decreasing
    lift the pressure
  • v  rise up
  • v  pay off (a mortgage)
  • v  take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
  • v  take illegally
  • v  fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    Food is airlifted into Bosnia
  • v  take (root crops) out of the ground
    lift potatoes
  • v  call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  • v  rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    The floor is lifting slowly
  • v  put an end to
    lift a ban
  • v  remove (hair) by scalping
  • v  remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    lift the tulip bulbs
  • v  remove from a surface
    the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
  • v  perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
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lift bridge
  • n  a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it
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lifter
  • n  an athlete who lifts barbells
  • n  a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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liftman
  • n  a man employed to operate an elevator
    in England they call an elevator man a liftman
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liftoff
  • n  the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
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ligament
  • n  a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
  • n  any connection or unifying bond
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