n.

1. the act of giving temporary assistance
2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity;
   aerodynamic lift
3. the event of something being raised upward;
   elevation, raising
   
   • an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
   • a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground;
   rise
5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill;
   ski tow, ski lift
6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
8. 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;
   elevator
9. 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;
   face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
   
   • some actresses have more than one face lift
10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable);
    airlift
11. a ride in a car
    
    • he gave me a lift home
12. the act of raising something;
    raise, heave
    
    • he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
    • fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

v.

1. raise from a lower to a higher position;
   raise, elevate, get up, bring up
   
   • Raise your hands
   • Lift a load
2. take hold of something and move it to a different location
   
   • lift the box onto the table
3. move upwards;
   raise
   
   • lift one's eyes
4. move upward;
   rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
   
   • The fog lifted
   • The smoke arose from the forest fire
   • The mist uprose from the meadows
5. make audible
   
   • He lifted a war whoop
6. annul by recalling or rescinding;
   revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
   
   • He revoked the ban on smoking
   • lift an embargo
   • vacate a death sentence
7. make off with belongings of others;
   pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble
8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
   hoist, wind
   
   • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
9. invigorate or heighten;
   raise
   
   • lift my spirits
   • lift his ego
10. raise in rank or condition;
    raise, elevate
    
    • The new law lifted many people from poverty
11. take off or away by decreasing
    
    • lift the pressure
12. rise up;
    rise, rear
    
    • The building rose before them
13. pay off (a mortgage)
14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property;
    plagiarize, plagiarise
15. take illegally;
    rustle
    
    • rustle cattle
16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;
    airlift
    
    • Food is airlifted into Bosnia
17. take (root crops) out of the ground
    
    • 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;
    raise
    
    • lift a ban
    • raise a siege
21. remove (hair) by scalping
22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    
    • lift the tulip bulbs
23. remove from a surface
    
    • the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face;
    face-lift