lift in WordNet English dictionary

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

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