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Noun
Definition: the act of giving temporary assistance
Definition: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Definition: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
Definition: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Definition: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
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
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; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
Definition: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Definition: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
Definition: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
Definition: An act of lifting or raising.
Definition: Air.
Verb
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
Definition: take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
Definition: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
Definition: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
Definition: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Definition: make off with belongings of others
Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
Definition: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
Definition: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
Definition: pay off (a mortgage)
Definition: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Definition: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
Definition: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
Definition: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Definition: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
Definition: remove (hair) by scalping
Definition: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
Definition: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
Definition: To raise or rise.