lift

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[ UK /lˈɪft/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪft/ ]

VERB

fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
rise up
The building rose before them
take hold of something and move it to a different location
lift the box onto the table
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
cancel officially
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
He revoked the ban on smoking
remove (hair) by scalping
invigorate or heighten
lift my spirits
lift his ego
raise from a lower to a higher position
Lift a load
Raise your hands
take illegally
rustle cattle
make audible
He lifted a war whoop
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
lift the tulip bulbs
move upwards
lift one's eyes
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
pay off (a mortgage)
raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty
make off with belongings of others
take off or away by decreasing
lift the pressure
take (root crops) out of the ground
lift potatoes
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
The floor is lifting slowly
remove from a surface
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
put an end to
lift a ban
raise a siege
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
move upward
The mist uprose from the meadows
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire

NOUN

the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
the act of raising something
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
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
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
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
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 wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

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How To Use lift In A Sentence

You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
Begin by tightening your buttocks and lifting your hips off the floor.
Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards. Healthy By Nature
Other procedures available are otoplasty (ear correction), rhinoplasty, liposculpture, penile enhancement and face, neck and brow lifts to name but a few.
On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.
Capital controls would be lifted, at which point the currency would devalue further. Times, Sunday Times
Vertical circulation is primarily via lifts just inboard from these stairs, in a bull-nosed service tower sheathed in stainless steel.
Another source of energy that is needed in medium - and large-scale plants is diesel fuel required for operating forklifts which is estimated at one litre per ton of final product. Chapter 10

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