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Lift 1

Definition: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Lift 2

Definition: To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

Lift 3

Definition: To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; often with up.

Lift 4

Definition: To bear; to support.

Lift 5

Definition: To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Lift 6

Definition: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

Lift 7

Definition: To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Lift 8

Definition: To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

Lift 9

Definition: To live by theft.

Lift 10

Definition: Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

Lift 11

Definition: The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Lift 12

Definition: Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.

Lift 13

Definition: That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

Lift 14

Definition: A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

Lift 15

Definition: A handle.

Lift 16

Definition: An exercising machine.

Lift 17

Definition: A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

Lift 18

Definition: A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

Lift 19

Definition: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Lift 20

Definition: One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Lift 21

Definition: A layer of leather in the heel.

Lift 22

Definition: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

lift 23

Definition: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

lift 24

Definition: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"

lift 25

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

lift 26

Definition: 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"

lift 27

Definition: the act of giving temporary assistance

lift 28

Definition: 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

lift 29

Definition: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

lift 30

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

lift 31

Definition: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

lift 32

Definition: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

lift 33

Definition: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

lift 34

Definition: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

lift 35

Definition: perform cosmetic surgery on someone''s face

lift 36

Definition: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

lift 37

Definition: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"

lift 38

Definition: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

lift 39

Definition: remove (hair) by scalping

lift 40

Definition: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

lift 41

Definition: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"

lift 42

Definition: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

lift 43

Definition: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

lift 44

Definition: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

lift 45

Definition: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

lift 46

Definition: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"

lift 47

Definition: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"

lift 48

Definition: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

lift 49

Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

lift 50

Definition: take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"

lift 51

Definition: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

lift 52

Definition: move upwards; "lift one''s eyes"

lift 53

Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

lift 54

Definition: make off with belongings of others

lift 55

Definition: take illegally; "rustle cattle"

lift 56

Definition: take without referencing from someone else''s writing or speech; of intellectual property

lift 57

Definition: pay off (a mortgage)

lift 58

Definition: rise up; "The building rose before them"

 

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