• noun:   the act of raising something

  Example: "He responded with a lift of his eyebrow"

• noun:   a ride in a car

  Example: "He gave me a lift home"

• noun:   the act of giving temporary assistance
• noun:   one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
• noun:   a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
• noun:   a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
• noun:   transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
• noun:   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
• noun:   the event of something being raised upward
• noun:   the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
• noun:   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

  Example: "Some actresses have more than one face lift"

• noun:   a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
• verb:   pay off (a mortgage)
• verb:   put an end to

  Example: "Lift a ban"

• verb:   rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

  Example: "The floor is lifting slowly"

• verb:   raise in rank or condition

  Example: "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

• verb:   call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
• verb:   make audible

  Example: "He lifted a war whoop"

• verb:   take (root crops) out of the ground

  Example: "Lift potatoes"

• verb:   take hold of something and move it to a different location

  Example: "Lift the box onto the table"

• verb:   remove from a surface

  Example: "The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

• verb:   take off or away by decreasing

  Example: "Lift the pressure"

• verb:   remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

  Example: "Lift the tulip bulbs"

• verb:   remove (hair) by scalping
• verb:   move upwards

  Example: "Lift one's eyes"

• verb:   make off with belongings of others
• verb:   take illegally
• verb:   rise up
• verb:   invigorate or heighten

  Example: "Lift my spirits"

• verb:   perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
• verb:   fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

  Example: "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

• verb:   raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
• verb:   move upward

  Example: "The fog lifted"

• verb:   raise from a lower to a higher position

  Example: "Lift a load"

• verb:   take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
• verb:   annul by recalling or rescinding

  Example: "Lift an embargo"

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