Lift - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward (syn: elevation, raising)
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground (syn: rise)
- 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 (syn: elevator)
- 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
- a ride in a car
verb
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help (syn: hoist, wind)
- invigorate or heighten (syn: raise)
lift his ego
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property (syn: plagiarize)
- take illegally (syn: rustle)
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (syn: airlift)
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Extra examples
The paramedics lifted the stretcher into the ambulance.
He lifted his foot from the gas pedal.
He lifted his pen from the paper.
She lifted her hands to the sky.
The story lifted him to national recognition.
With one great lift, the men moved the rock.
There was so much lift of sea.
Your words of encouragement gave us a real lift.
It was a mere lift of higher ground with a few grey cottages dotted over it.
A liftboy or liftman operates a lift.
We took the lift to the tenth floor.
The proud lift of her neck was gone.
Please lift the packages onto the counter.
Lift your head up and pay attention.
The encouraging letter lifted our hopes.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: lift
he/she/it: lifts
present participle: lifting
past tense: lifted
past participle: lifted
singular: lift
plural: lifts
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