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LIFT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of raising something
Example:
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Derivation:
lift (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
lift (move upwards)
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A ride in a car
Example:
he gave me a lift home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms:
airlift; lift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Instance hyponyms:
Berlin airlift (airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin)
Derivation:
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 4
Meaning:
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
Example:
some actresses have more than one face lift
Synonyms:
cosmetic surgery; face lift; face lifting; facelift; lift; nip and tuck; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
nose job; rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The act of giving temporary assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Sense 6
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
elevator; lift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
lifting device (a device for lifting heavy loads)
Meronyms (parts of "lift"):
car; elevator car (where passengers ride up and down)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
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)
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)
Holonyms ("lift" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Derivation:
lift (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 7
Meaning:
One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
top lift (the bottom layer of a heel)
Holonyms ("lift" is a part of...):
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
chair 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)
Derivation:
lift (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Synonyms:
lift; rise
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
Derivation:
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 11
Meaning:
The event of something being raised upward
Example:
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Derivation:
lift (move upward)
lift (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sense 12
Meaning:
The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Synonyms:
aerodynamic lift; lift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
aerodynamic force (forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
ground effect (apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they lift ... he / she / it lifts
Past simple: lifted
Past participle: lifted
-ing form: lifting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Synonyms:
face-lift; lift
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
operate; operate on (perform surgery on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove from a surface
Example:
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Take off or away by decreasing
Example:
lift the pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Example:
lift the tulip bulbs
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Remove (hair) by scalping
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
scalp (remove the scalp of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Put an end to
Example:
raise a siege
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Example:
The floor is lifting slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
buckle; heave; warp (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Raise in rank or condition
Example:
The new law lifted many people from poverty
Synonyms:
elevate; lift; raise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
dignify (raise the status of)
exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 9
Meaning:
Invigorate or heighten
Example:
lift his ego
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
call; send for (order, request, or command to come)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Cancel officially
Example:
vacate a death sentence
Synonyms:
annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 12
Meaning:
Make audible
Example:
He lifted a war whoop
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Take (root crops) out of the ground
Example:
lift potatoes
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
dig; dig out (create by digging)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
Meaning:
Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Example:
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Synonyms:
airlift; lift
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
fly (transport by aeroplane)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 15
Meaning:
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Example:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
trice; trice up (hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
lift (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill)
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 building)
lift (the act of raising something)
Sense 16
Meaning:
Take hold of something and move it to a different location
Example:
lift the box onto the table
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
heave; heave up; heft; heft up (lift or elevate)
fork; pitchfork (lift with a pitchfork)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 17
Meaning:
Move upward
Example:
The mist uprose from the meadows
Synonyms:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)
steam (rise as vapor)
chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)
uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)
bubble (rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles)
rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
go up (be erected, built, or constructed)
soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)
climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)
scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
lift (the event of something being raised upward)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Move upwards
Example:
lift one's eyes
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
lift (the act of raising something)
Sense 19
Meaning:
Raise from a lower to a higher position
Example:
Lift a load
Synonyms:
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
erect; rear (cause to rise up)
gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)
boost; hike; hike up (increase)
heighten (increase the height of)
leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)
chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)
skid (elevate onto skids)
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)
hoist; run up (raise)
trice; trice up (raise with a line)
hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
kick up (cause to rise by kicking)
shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)
jack; jack up (lift with a special device)
get up (cause to rise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The men lift the chairs
Also:
lift up (take and lift upward)
Derivation:
lift (the act of raising something)
lift (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))
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 building)
lift (a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg)
lift (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill)
lift (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground)
lift (the event of something being raised upward)
lifter (an athlete who lifts barbells)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Make off with belongings of others
Synonyms:
abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They lift the goods
Derivation:
lifter (a thief who steals goods that are in a store)
Sense 21
Meaning:
Take illegally
Example:
rustle cattle
Synonyms:
lift; rustle
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Domain category:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They lift the animals
Sense 22
Meaning:
Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Synonyms:
lift; plagiarise; plagiarize
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Domain category:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
crib (take unauthorized (intellectual material))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 23
Meaning:
Pay off (a mortgage)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
liquidate; pay off (eliminate by paying off (debts))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 24
Meaning:
Rise up
Example:
The building rose before them
Synonyms:
lift; rear; rise
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
hulk; loom; predominate; tower (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Context examples:
My mighty rhythm was the lift and forward plunge of a ship on the sea.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"No," she continued, "it is in the face: on the forehead, about the eyes, in the lines of the mouth. Kneel, and lift up your head."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Eating: are you able to lift a full cup or glass to your mouth?
(HAQ-DI - Able to Lift Cup or Glass to Mouth, NCI Thesaurus)
The muscle in the orbit of the eye that lifts the upper eyelid.
(Eyelid Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
Already the mystery began to define itself, as figures grow clearer with the lifting of a fog.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They found the faster each ostrich ran, the more it tended to flap, with larger wings providing more lift.
(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)
Here's what may tranquillise every care, and lift the heart to rapture!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Whipping up the little woman, he lifted her lightly to his lips, and then, taking his place in the ranks again, marched on with the laughing Company.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The pangs of transformation had not done tearing him, before Henry Jekyll, with streaming tears of gratitude and remorse, had fallen upon his knees and lifted his clasped hands to God.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A question about whether an individual is or was limited by their ability to lift light objects because of their shoulder or neck.
(Limited in Ability to Lift Light Objects Because of Shoulder or Neck, NCI Thesaurus)
