lift
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
- Moscow this week announced that it was willing to lift the Berlin blockadeat a price.
- Mike Powell Corbis During a brutal recession, you'd think a $90 lift ticket and two nights at a lodge would be a luxury.
- When the new TB drug, isoniazid, was first used (PTI, March 3), doctors noticed that some patients seemed to get a tremendous lift: they felt wonderful, out of all proportion to .