English dictionary
lift
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of raising something
noun
- a ride in a car
noun
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
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
- 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 powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
noun
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
noun
- the event of something being raised upward
noun
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
verb
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
verb
- remove from a surface
verb
- take off or away by decreasing
verb
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
verb
- remove (hair) by scalping
verb
- put an end to a situation
verb
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
verb
- raise in rank or condition
verb
- invigorate or heighten
verb
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
verb
- cancel officially
verb
- make audible
verb
- take (root crops) out of the ground
verb
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
verb
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
verb
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
verb
- move upward
verb
- move upwards
verb
- raise from a lower to a higher position
verb
- make off with belongings of others
verb
- take illegally
verb
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
verb
- pay off (a mortgage)
verb
- rise up
Example sentences
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
firemen learn several different raises for getting ladders up
he gave me a lift home
some actresses have more than one face lift
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
lift the pressure
lift the tulip bulbs
lift a ban
raise a siege
The floor is lifting slowly
The new law lifted many people from poverty
lift my spirits
lift his ego
He revoked the ban on smoking
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
He lifted a war whoop
lift potatoes
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
lift the box onto the table
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows
lift one's eyes
Raise your hands
Lift a load
rustle cattle
The building rose before them