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Definitions of lift
  1. noun
    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

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  2. verb
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

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  3. noun
    the act of raising something
    "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"

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  4. verb
    fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

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    fly
  5. verb
    invigorate or heighten
    "lift my spirits" "lift his ego"

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  6. verb
    make off with belongings of others
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  7. noun
    transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

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  8. verb
    rise up

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  9. verb
    cancel officially
    "lift an embargo"
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  10. verb
    perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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  11. verb
    take illegally

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  12. noun
    a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

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  13. verb
    put an end to
    "lift a ban"

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  14. noun
    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"
  15. noun
    the event of something being raised upward

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  16. verb
    raise from a lower to a higher position
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  17. verb
    move upwards
    "lift one's eyes"

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  18. verb
    take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

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  19. noun
    the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

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  20. verb
    move upward
    "The fog lifted"
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  21. verb
    raise in rank or condition
    "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

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  22. noun
    a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

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  23. noun
    a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
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  24. noun
    a ride in a car
    "he gave me a lift home"
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  25. verb
    call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
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  26. verb
    make audible
    "He lifted a war whoop"
  27. noun
    one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
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  28. verb
    pay off (a mortgage)
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  29. verb
    remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    "lift the tulip bulbs"
  30. verb
    remove from a surface
    "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
  31. verb
    remove (hair) by scalping
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  32. verb
    rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    "The floor is lifting slowly"
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  33. verb
    take hold of something and move it to a different location
    "lift the box onto the table"
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  34. verb
    take off or away by decreasing
    "lift the pressure"
  35. verb
    take (root crops) out of the ground
    "lift potatoes"
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  36. noun
    the act of giving temporary assistance
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