the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
the event of something being raised upward;"an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon" "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
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
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"
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
a ride in a car;"he gave me a lift home"
the act of raising something;"he responded with a lift of his eyebrow" "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
Verb:
raise from a lower to a higher position;"Raise your hands" "Lift a load"
take hold of something and move it to a different location;"lift the box onto the table"
move upwards;"lift one"s eyes"
move upward;"The fog lifted" "The smoke arose from the forest fire" "The mist uprose from the meadows"
make audible;"He lifted a war whoop"
cancel officially;"He revoked the ban on smoking" "lift an embargo" "vacate a death sentence"
make off with belongings of others
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
invigorate or heighten;"lift my spirits" "lift his ego"
raise in rank or condition;"The new law lifted many people from poverty"
take off or away by decreasing;"lift the pressure"
rise up;"The building rose before them"
pay off (a mortgage)
take without referencing from someone else"s writing or speech; of intellectual property
take illegally;"rustle cattle"
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
take (root crops) out of the ground;"lift potatoes"
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture;"The floor is lifting slowly"
put an end to;"lift a ban" "raise a siege"
remove (hair) by scalping
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery;"lift the tulip bulbs"
remove from a surface;"the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
c. 1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cognates: Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.
lift (n.)
late 15c., "act of lifting," from lift (v.). Meaning "act of helping" is 1630s; that of "cheering influence" is from 1861. Sense of "elevator" is from 1851; that of "upward force of an aircraft" is from 1902. Meaning "help given to a pedestrian by taking him into a vehicle" is from 1712.
