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Translations:

lift — mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people
→ lifto
lift — to raise or rise
→ levi
→ suprenlevi

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 12

  1. the act of giving temporary assistance

  2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

    Synonymsaerodynamic 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”
    Synonymselevationraising
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  1. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

    Synonymsrise

  2. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

    Synonymsski towski lift

  3. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

  4. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

  5. 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

    Synonymselevator

  6. 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”
    Synonymsface liftfaceliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplastynip and tuck

  7. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

    Synonymsairlift

  8. a ride in a car

    • “he gave me a lift home”

  9. the act of raising something

    • “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”
    • “fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up”
    Synonymsraiseheave

VERB 24

  1. raise from a lower to a higher position

    • “Raise your hands”
    • “Lift a load”
    Synonymsraiseelevateget upbring up

  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”
    Synonymsraise
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  1. move upward

    • “The fog lifted”
    • “The smoke arose from the forest fire”
    • “The mist uprose from the meadows”
    Synonymsrisearisemove upgo upcome upuprise

  2. make audible

    • “He lifted a war whoop”

  3. cancel officially

    • “He revoked the ban on smoking”
    • “lift an embargo”
    • “vacate a death sentence”
    Synonymsrevokeannulcountermandreverserepealoverturnrescindvacate

  4. make off with belongings of others

    Synonymspilfercabbagepurloinpinchabstractsnarfswipehooksneakfilchnobble

  5. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    • “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
    Synonymshoistwind

  6. invigorate or heighten

    • “lift my spirits”
    • “lift his ego”
    Synonymsraise

  7. raise in rank or condition

    • “The new law lifted many people from poverty”
    Synonymsraiseelevate

  8. take off or away by decreasing

    • “lift the pressure”

  9. rise up

    • “The building rose before them”
    Synonymsriserear

  10. pay off (a mortgage)

  11. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

    Synonymsplagiarizeplagiarise

  12. take illegally

    • “rustle cattle”
    Synonymsrustle

  13. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

    • “Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
    Synonymsairlift

  14. take (root crops) out of the ground

    • “lift potatoes”

  15. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

  16. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

    • “The floor is lifting slowly”

  17. put an end to

    • “lift a ban”
    • “raise a siege”
    Synonymsraise

  18. remove (hair) by scalping

  19. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

    • “lift the tulip bulbs”

  20. remove from a surface

    • “the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”

  21. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

    Synonymsface-lift