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.

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.

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”

The event of something being raised upward.

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

A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill.

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

A ride in a car.

“he gave me a lift home”

One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot.

The act of raising something.

“he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”

The act of giving temporary assistance.

Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.

Take illegally.

Put an end to.

“lift a ban”

Raise from a lower to a higher position.

Move upwards.

“lift one's eyes”

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

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.

Move upward.

“The fog lifted”

Raise in rank or condition.

“The new law lifted many people from poverty”

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

Make audible.

“He lifted a war whoop”

Pay off (a mortgage).

Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery.

“lift the tulip bulbs”

Remove from a surface.

“the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”

Remove (hair) by scalping.

Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture.

“The floor is lifting slowly”

Take hold of something and move it to a different location.

“lift the box onto the table”

Take off or away by decreasing.

“lift the pressure”

Take (root crops) out of the ground.

“lift potatoes”