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. Phrasal Verb: 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. lift off Idiom: To begin flight: The spacecraft lifted off at noon. 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.lift er 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 gravity aerodynamic 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 ground moving 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 transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation 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 leg device - 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 boot heel - 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" top lift - the bottom layer of a heel | |
| 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 freight elevator, service elevator - an elevator designed for carrying freight lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loads 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"nose job, rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | |
| 10. |  lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another | |
| 11. | lift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home" | |
| 12. | lift - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling | |
| 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." shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders 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" 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" | |
| 3. | lift - move upwards; "lift one's eyes" | |
| 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" steam - rise as vapor | |
| 5. | lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop" | |
| 6. | lift - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" | |
| 7. | lift - make off with belongings of others 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" | |
| 9. | lift - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" | |
| 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" | |
| 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 property crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" crib - 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" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" 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" | |
| 18. | lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs | |
| 19. | lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly" | |
| 20. | lift - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" | |
| 21. | lift - remove (hair) by scalping scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" | |
| 22. | lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" | |
| 23. | lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | |
| 24. | lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face operate 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
noun 6. boost, encouragement, stimulus, reassurance, uplift, pick-me-up, fillip, shot in the arm (informal) gee-up << OPPOSITE blow
Translations
lift [lɪft] vt → levantar (= copy); plagiar
vi [fog] → disiparse
vi [rocket, helicopter] → despegar
lift up vt → levantar
lift [lɪft] vt → soulever, lever (= end); supprimer, lever (= steal); prendre, voler
vi [fog] → se lever
n (Brit) (= elevator); ascenseur m;
lift off vi [rocket, helicopter] → décoller
lift out vt → sortir [+ troops, evacuees etc]; évacuer par avion or hélicoptère
lift up vt → soulever
lift [lɪft] vt (= raise) → heben (= end) [+ ban etc] → aufheben (= plagiarize); abschreiben;
to give sb a lift (Brit) → jdn (im Auto) mitnehmen
lift off lift vi → abheben
lift up lift vt → hochheben
lift [lɪft] vt → sollevare, levare (= steal); prendere, rubare
vi [fog] → alzarsi
n (BRIT) (= elevator); ascensore m;
lift off vt → togliere
v lift [lift]
1 to raise or bring to a higher position The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it. ophef يَرْفَع вдигам zvednout hæve; løfte heben σηκώνω levantar, alzar tõstma برداشتن nostaa soulever לְהָרִים उठाना podići (fel)emel mengangkat lyfta alzare, sollevare 持ち上げる 들어올리다 (pa)kelti []celt angkat tillen løfte, heve podnieść levantar a ridica поднимать zdvihnúť dvigniti podići lyfta ยก kaldırmak 提起 піднімати اوپر اٹھانا nâng lên 提起
2 to take and carry away He lifted the table through into the kitchen. oplig يَحْمِل отнасям odnést bære væk hochheben und wegtragen μεταφέρω coger, llevar viima بردن viedä porter לְהָרִים וּלהָזִיז आह्लादित करना odnijeti visz membawa lyfta og færa trasportare 持ってゆく (손·머리 등을) 들어올리다, 위로 향하게 하다 nugabenti pacelt un aiznest mengangkat optillen en wegdragen bære bort dźwignąć levantar a duce переносить odniesť prenesti preneti lyfta ยกไป kaldırıp taşımak 拿走 підносити اٹھا کر لے جانا bốc 拿走
3 (of mist etc) to disappear By noon, the fog was beginning to lift. lig يَنْقَشِع، يَنْجَلي вдигам се zvedat se forsvinde sich heben διαλύομαι, εξαφανίζομαι disiparse haihtuma ناپدید شدن hälvetä se lever לְהִתפַזֵר धुंध हटना nestati felszáll, eltűnik menghilang hverfa, létta alzarsi 晴れる (구름·안개 등이) 걷히다 sklaidytis (par mākoņiem, miglu) izklīst hilang optrekken lette podnosić się levantar a se ridica рассеиваться dvíhať sa izginiti podići se lyfta หายไป kaybolmak, dağılmak 消散 розсіюватися غائب ہو جانا tan; bốc lên 消散
4 to rise The aeroplane lifted into the air. opstyg تَرْتَفِع издигам се vzlétnout hæve sich heben υψώνομαι, σηκώνομαι elevarse tõusma به هوا برخاستن kohota (s')élever לְהַמרִיא ऊपर उठना dići se felemelkedik naik hefja sig á loft alzarsi, sollevarsi 離陸する 훔치다 pakilti pacelties naik opstijgen lette, ta av wznieść się subir a se ridica подниматься vzlietnuť dvigniti se podići se lyfta บิน yükselmek, kalkmak 升起 підніматися اوپر اٹھنا cất cánh 升起
n
1 the act of lifting a lift of the eyebrows. lig رَفْع повдигане zdvižení hæven; løften das Heben (ανα)σήκωμα elevación tõstmine بلند شدگی kohottaminen haussement הָרָמָה उठान podizanje (fel)emelés pengangkatan lyfting alzata 持ち上げること (들어) 올림 pakėlimas, pakilimas []celšana mengangkat het optrekken heving, løft(ing) podniesienie um levantar ridicare подъём zdvihnutie dvig podizanje lyft, lyftande, höjande การยก kaldırma 提 підняття; підйом اٹھانے کا عمل sự được nâng lên 提
2 (Americanˈelevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift. hysbak مِصْعَد асансьор výtah elevator der Aufzug ασανσέρ ascensor lift آسانسور hissi ascenseur מַעֲלִית लिफ्ट dizalo, lift lift lift lyfta ascensore エレベーター 엘리베이터 liftas lifts; celtnis lif lift heis; skiheis winda elevador lift лифт výťah dvigalo lift hiss ลิฟต์ asansör 電梯 підйомна машина, підйомник اوپر کے مالوں پر جانے کے لیے زینوں کی جگہ استعمال ہونے والی مشین thang máy 电梯
3 a ride in someone's car etc Can I give you a lift into town? geleentheid تَوْصيلَه закарване svezení lift im Auto mitnehmen μεταφορά με το αυτοκίνητο άλλου vuelta küüt سواری دادن kyyti dans la trajet voiture de qqn טְרֶמפ सवार होना vožnja elvihetlek...? membonceng mobil (bíl)far passaggio 同乗 차에 태워주기 pavežėjimas aizvest (ar automašīnu) menumpangkan lift skyss; haik podwiezienie boleia drum cu maşina поездка в чьём-л. автомобиле zvezenie prevoz povesti skjuts, lift การติดรถไปกับผู้อื่น arabasına alma, bedava götürme/biniş 搭便車 перевозка کسی کی گاڑی میں مفت سواری کرنا sự đi nhờ 搭便车
4 a raising of the spirits Her success in the exam gave her a great lift. opheffing إرْتِفاع في المَعْنَوِيَّه повишаване на настроението povzbuzení løft der Auftrieb αναθάρρηση estímulo tõuge سر حال آوردن piristysruiske stimulant עִידוּד मनोबल बढ़ना podignuto raspoloženje lendület perangsang upplyfting spinta, sollievo 高揚 (정신적) 고양 dvasios pakilimas uzmundrinājums menaikkan semangat opkikker oppmuntring podniesienie na duchu estímulo bucurie воодушевление povzbudenie polet polet lyft ความกระปรี้กระเปร่า moralini düzeltmek 鼓舞 піднесення; натхнення جوش بھرنا nâng cao tinh thần 鼓舞
n lift off
lansering, opstyging إقلاع، إنْطِلاق излитам odstartovat, vzlétnout affyring abheben ανυψώνομαι, ανύψωση despegar õhku tõusma خیزش؛ برخاستن nousta décoller הַמרָאָה उड़ान की शुरूआत polijetanje felemelkedik lepas landas flugtak decollare 離陸 (비행기·미사일 등이) 이륙하다 pakilti palaist (raķeti, kosmosa kuģi) melancar naik lanceren utskyting wystartować partir a decola отрываться от земли odpáliť vzleteti uzleteti start, uppskjutning ออกจากฐาน havalanmak, kalkmak 起飛 стартувати زمین کی سطح سے اوپر اٹھنا phóng lên 起飞
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