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Noun lift has 12 senses

lift - the act of giving temporary assistance
--₁ is a kind of aid, assist, assistance, help
aerodynamic lift, lift - the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
--₂ is a kind of aerodynamic force
--₂ has particulars: ground effect
elevation, lift, raising - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
--₃ is a kind of rise, rising, ascent, ascension

Derived forms: verb lift₄, verb lift₁
lift, rise - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
--₄ is a kind of wave, moving ridge

Derived form: verb lift₁
ski tow, ski lift, lift - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
--₅ is a kind of conveyance, transport
--₅ has particulars: chairlift, chair lift; rope tow; surface lift
Derived forms: verb lift₈, verb lift₁
lift - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
--₆ is a kind of device

Derived form: verb lift₁
lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
--₇ is a kind of layer, bed
--₇ is a part of heel
--₇ has particulars: top lift
elevator, lift - 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
--₈ is a kind of lifting device
--₈ is a part of building, edifice
--₈ has parts: car, elevator car
--₈ has particulars:
dumbwaiter, food elevator; freight elevator, service elevator; paternoster

Derived forms: verb lift₈, verb lift₁
face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck - 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"
--₉ is a kind of plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
--₉ has particulars: nose job, rhinoplasty
airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
--₁₀ is a kind of transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
--₁₀ has particulars: Berlin airlift
Derived form: verb lift₁
lift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
--₁₁ is a kind of drive, ride
lift, raise, heave - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
--₁₂ is a kind of propulsion, actuation

Derived forms: verb lift₈, verb lift₃, verb lift₁

Verb lift has 24 senses

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun lift₁₂, noun lift₁₀, noun lift₈, noun lift₆, noun lift₅, noun lift₄, noun lift₃, noun lifter₁
Sample sentence:
The men lift the chairs
lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
--₂ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
lift, raise - move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
--₃ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun lift₁₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
--₄ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun lift₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
--₅ is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate - annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
--₆ is one way to cancel, strike down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others
--₇ is one way to steal

Derived form: noun lifter₂
Sample sentence:
They lift the goods
hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--₈ is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

Derived forms: noun lift₁₂, noun lift₈, noun lift₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
raise, lift - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
--₉ is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lift, raise, elevate - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
--₁₀ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
--₁₁ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
rise, lift, rear - rise up; "The building rose before them"
--₁₂ is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
lift - pay off (a mortgage)
--₁₃ is one way to liquidate, pay off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
--₁₄ is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
rustle, lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle"
--₁₅ is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They lift the animals
airlift, lift - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
--₁₆ is one way to fly
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
lift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
--₁₇ is one way to dig, dig out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
--₁₈ is one way to call, send for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
--₁₉ is one way to heave, buckle, warp
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lift, raise - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
--₂₀ is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lift - remove (hair) by scalping
--₂₁ is one way to scalp
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
--₂₂ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
--₂₃ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
face-lift, lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
--₂₄ is one way to operate on, operate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something