lift (l ft)v. lift·ed, lift·ing, lifts v.tr.1. a. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise: lift one's eyes; lifted the suitcase. b. To transport by air: The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet. 2. a. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo. b. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces. 3. To cease (artillery fire) in an area. 4. a. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem. b. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits. 5. To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting. 6. To project or sound in loud, clear tones: lifted their voices in song. 7. Informal To steal; pilfer: A thief lifted my wallet. 8. Informal To copy from something already published; plagiarize: lifted whole paragraphs from the encyclopedia. 9. To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example). 10. To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin. 11. a. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air. b. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie. c. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice. v.intr.1. a. To rise; ascend. b. To yield to upward pressure: These windows lift easily. 2. a. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising: By afternoon the smog had lifted. b. To stop temporarily: The rain lifted by morning. 3. To become elevated; soar: Their spirits lifted when help came. n.1. The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position. 2. Power or force available for raising: the lift of a pump. 3. An amount or a weight raised or capable of being raised at one time; a load. 4. a. The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation. b. The distance or space through which something is raised or rises. 5. A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground. 6. An elevation of the spirits: The good news gave us a lift. 7. A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body: the lift of his chin. 8. A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something. 9. One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe. 10. Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator. 11. A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination: gave my friend a lift into town. 12. Assistance or help: gave her a lift with her heavy packages. 13. A set of pumps used in a mine. 14. The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity. Phrasal Verb: lift off To begin flight: The spacecraft lifted off at noon. Idiom: lift fire To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.
[Middle English liften, from Old Norse lypta.]
lift a·ble adj. lifter n. Synonyms: lift, raise, elevate, hoist, heave, boost These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift. Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question. Elevate is sometimes synonymous with the preceding terms ( elevated his sprained ankle), but it more often suggests exalting, ennobling, or raising morally or intellectually: "A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity" Samuel Johnson. Hoist is applied principally to the lifting of heavy objects, often by mechanical means: hoist a sunken ship. To heave is to lift or raise with great effort or force: heaved the pack onto his back. Boost suggests upward movement effected by or as if by pushing from below: boosted the child into the saddle. See Also Synonyms at steal. |
lift Verb 1. to rise or raise upwards to a higher place: the breakdown truck was lifting the lorry 2. to move upwards: he slowly lifted his hand 3. to raise in status or estimation: lifted from poverty 4. to revoke or cancel: the government lifted its restrictions on imported beef 5. to remove (plants or underground crops) from the ground for harvesting 6. to disappear or disperse: the tension lifted 7. Informal to plagiarize (music or writing) Noun 1. a. a compartment raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport people or goods to another floor in a building 2. a ride in a car or other vehicle as a passenger 3. a rise in morale or feeling of cheerfulness 4. the act of lifting 5. the force that lifts airborne objects [from Old Norse]
lift (lft) An upward force acting on an object. Lift can be produced in many ways; for example, by creating a low-pressure area above an object, such an airplane wing or other airfoil that is moving through the air, or by lowering the overall density of an object relative to the air around it, as with a hot air balloon. Compare drag. See also airfoilbuoyancy See Note at aerodynamics. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  lift - the act of giving temporary assistanceassist, assistance, help, aid - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" | | 2. | lift - the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravityaerodynamic force - forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids) ground effect - apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground | | 3. |  lift - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" | | 4. | lift - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or groundmoving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | | 5. |  lift - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hillchair lift, chairlift - a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable rope tow - a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto surface lift - a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground | | 6. | lift - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened legdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" | | 7. | lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or bootheel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" | | 8. |  lift - 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 buildingbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" elevator car, car - where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" dumbwaiter, food elevator - a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another paternoster - a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor | | 9. |  lift - 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" | | 10. |  lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | | 11. | lift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"ride, drive - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" | | 12. | lift - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" | | Verb | 1. | lift - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"get up - cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." jack, jack up - lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" kick up - cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust" hoist, wind, lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" run up, hoist - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" hoist - move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman" underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate" skid - elevate onto skids pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar heighten - increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" | | 2. | lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | 3. | lift - move upwards; "lift one's eyes"move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | 4. |  lift - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" go up - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled" uprise, ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" | | 5. | lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" | | 6. | lift - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" | | 7. | lift - make off with belongings of otherscabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, sneak, pinch, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | | 8. | lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"trice, trice up - hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope | | 9. | lift - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" | | 10. | lift - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dignify - raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer" exalt - raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser" | | 11. | lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | | 12. | lift - rise up; "The building rose before them"appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" hulk, tower, loom, predominate - appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" | | 13. | lift - pay off (a mortgage) | | 14. | lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual propertycrib - take unauthorized (intellectual material) steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | | 15. | lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle"steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | | 16. | lift - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" | | 17. | lift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"dig, dig out - create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" | | 18. | lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogssend for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" | | 19. | lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"warp, buckle, heave - bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" | | 20. | lift - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | | 21. | lift - remove (hair) by scalpingscalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" | | 22. | lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | | 23. | lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | | 24. | lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's faceoperate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" |
lift verb 1. raise, pick up, hoist, draw up, elevate, uplift, heave up, buoy up, raise high, bear aloft, upheave, upraise << OPPOSITE lower verb 2. revoke, end, remove, withdraw, stop, relax, cancel, terminate, rescind, annul, countermand << OPPOSITE impose verb 3. exalt, raise, improve, advance, promote, boost, enhance, upgrade, elevate, dignify, cheer up, perk up, ameliorate, buoy up << OPPOSITE depress verb 5. ( Informal) steal, take, copy, appropriate, nick ( slang), chiefly Brit. pocket, pinch ( informal) pirate, cabbage Brit. ( slang) crib ( informal) half-inch ( old-fashioned), ( slang) blag ( slang) pilfer, purloin, plagiarize, thieve  Translations
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lift [lɪft] vt → levantar (= copy); plagiar
lift [lɪft] vt → soulever, lever (= end); supprimer, lever (= steal); prendre, voler
lift [lɪft] vt (= raise) → heben (= end) [+ ban etc] → aufheben (= plagiarize); abschreiben;
lift [lɪft] vt → sollevare, levare (= steal); prendere, rubare
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