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lift
English
- 🔊 the act of raising something“he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”
- 🔊 a ride in a car“he gave me a lift home”
- 🔊 the act of giving temporary assistance
- 🔊 one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- 🔊 a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- 🔊 a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- 🔊 transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- 🔊 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
- 🔊 the event of something being raised upward“an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”
- 🔊 the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- 🔊 plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face“some actresses have more than one face lift”
- 🔊 a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- 🔊 remove from a surface“the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”
- 🔊 take off or away by decreasing“lift the pressure”
- 🔊 remove from a seedbed or from a nursery“lift the tulip bulbs”
- 🔊 remove (hair) by scalping
- 🔊 put an end to“lift a ban”
- 🔊 rise upward, as from pressure or moisture“The floor is lifting slowly”
- 🔊 raise in rank or condition“The new law lifted many people from poverty”
- 🔊 call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- 🔊 make audible“He lifted a war whoop”
- 🔊 take (root crops) out of the ground“lift potatoes”
- 🔊 take hold of something and move it to a different location“lift the box onto the table”
- 🔊 move upwards“lift one's eyes”
- 🔊 pay off (a mortgage)
- 🔊 perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- 🔊 invigorate or heighten“lift my spirits”
- 🔊 fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means“Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
- 🔊 raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
- 🔊 move upward“The fog lifted”
- 🔊 raise from a lower to a higher position“Raise your hands”
- 🔊 take illegally“rustle cattle”
- 🔊 rise up“The building rose before them”
- 🔊 cancel officially“He revoked the ban on smoking”
- 🔊 take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech
- 🔊 make off with belongings of others
Spanish
- 🔊 sustentación lift
- 🔊 empinar to lift
- 🔊 levantar to lift
- 🔊 upar lift, raise
- 🔊 alzar to lift, raise
- 🔊 parar to lift, raise
- 🔊 jalón lift, ride (colloquial)