Definition: the act of raising something
Usage: he responded with a lift of his eyebrow; fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Similar words: actuation, propulsion
Definition: the act of propelling
Synonyms: lift
Definition: a ride in a car
Usage: he gave me a lift home
Definition: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Usage: he took the family for a drive in his new car
Definition: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Similar words: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
Definition: the act of moving something from one location to another
Synonyms: face lift, face lifting, facelift, cosmetic surgery, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
Definition: 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
Usage: some actresses have more than one face lift
Similar words: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
Definition: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
Synonyms: lift
Definition: the act of giving temporary assistance
Similar words: aid, assist, assistance, help
Definition: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Usage: he gave me an assist with the housework; could not walk without assistance; rescue party went to their aid; offered his help in unloading
Definition: 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
Similar words: lifting device
Definition: a device for lifting heavy loads
Synonyms: lift
Definition: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Definition: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Usage: slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Synonyms: lift
Definition: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: ski lift, ski tow, lift
Definition: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Similar words: conveyance, transport
Definition: something that serves as a means of transportation
Definition: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Similar words: wave, moving ridge
Definition: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Synonyms: lift, raising, elevation
Definition: the event of something being raised upward
Usage: an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon; a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Similar words: rise, rising, ascension, ascent
Definition: a movement upward
Usage: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Synonyms: aerodynamic lift, lift
Definition: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Similar words: aerodynamic force
Definition: forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)
Definition: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Similar words: operate, operate on
Definition: perform surgery on
Usage: The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
Synonyms: lift
Definition: remove from a surface
Usage: the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: lift
Definition: take off or away by decreasing
Usage: lift the pressure
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: lift
Definition: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Usage: lift the tulip bulbs
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: remove a threat; remove a wrapper; Remove the dirty dishes from the table; take the gun from your pocket; This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms: lift
Definition: remove (hair) by scalping
Definition: put an end to
Usage: lift a ban; raise a siege
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Synonyms: lift
Definition: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Usage: The floor is lifting slowly
Similar words: buckle, warp, heave
Definition: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Usage: The highway buckled during the heat wave
Synonyms: raise, elevate, lift
Definition: raise in rank or condition
Usage: The new law lifted many people from poverty
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: invigorate or heighten
Usage: lift my spirits; lift his ego
Similar words: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better
Definition: to make better
Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes
Synonyms: lift
Definition: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Definition: order, request, or command to come
Usage: She was called into the director's office; Call the police!
Synonyms: vacate, countermand, overturn, lift, annul, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke
Definition: cancel officially
Usage: He revoked the ban on smoking; lift an embargo; vacate a death sentence
Similar words: strike down, cancel
Definition: declare null and void; make ineffective
Usage: Cancel the election results; strike down a law
Synonyms: lift
Definition: make audible
Usage: He lifted a war whoop
Similar words: utter, let loose, let out, emit
Definition: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Usage: She let out a big heavy sigh; He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Synonyms: lift
Definition: take (root crops) out of the ground
Usage: lift potatoes
Definition: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Usage: Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Similar words: fly
Definition: transport by aeroplane
Usage: We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America
Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Usage: hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Similar words: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position
Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load
Synonyms: lift
Definition: take hold of something and move it to a different location
Usage: lift the box onto the table
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: lift, come up, rise, move up, go up, arise, uprise
Definition: move upward
Usage: The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: move upwards
Usage: lift one's eyes
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position
Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, snarf, sneak, nobble, swipe, cabbage, pilfer, pinch, purloin, lift
Definition: make off with belongings of others
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Definition: take illegally
Usage: rustle cattle
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Synonyms: plagiarise, plagiarize, lift
Definition: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Synonyms: lift
Definition: pay off (a mortgage)
Definition: rise up
Usage: The building rose before them
Similar words: seem, look, appear
Definition: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Usage: She seems to be sleeping; This appears to be a very difficult problem; This project looks fishy; They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time