Lift

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise.
  • intransitive verb. To transport by air.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To revoke by taking back; rescind.
  • intransitive verb. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
  • intransitive verb. To cease (artillery fire) in an area.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
  • intransitive verb. To uplift; elate.
  • intransitive verb. To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
  • intransitive verb. To project or sound in loud, clear tones.
  • intransitive verb. To steal; pilfer.
  • intransitive verb. To copy from something already published; plagiarize.
  • intransitive verb. To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
  • intransitive verb. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To rise; ascend.
  • intransitive verb. To yield to upward pressure.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising.
  • intransitive verb. To stop temporarily.
  • intransitive verb. To become elevated; soar.
  • noun. The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.
  • noun. Power or force available for raising.
  • noun. An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
  • noun. The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.
  • noun. A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.
  • noun. An elevation of the spirits.
  • noun. A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body.
  • noun. A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.
  • noun. One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.
  • noun. A passenger or cargo elevator.
  • noun. A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination.
  • noun. Assistance or help.
  • noun. A set of pumps used in a mine.
  • noun. 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. To begin flight.
  • idiom. (lift fire) To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The air; the atmosphere; the sky; the heavens.
  • noun. A thief.
  • To move or heave upward in space; bring to a higher place or position; raise; elevate: often followed by up: as, to lift a stone from the ground: to lift up one who has fallen.
  • To bring to a higher degree, rank, or condition; make more lofty or considerable; elevate; exalt; raise to a high or a higher pitch or state of feeling, as the voice, the mind, etc.
  • To keep elevated or exalted; hold up; display on high: as, the mountain lifts its head above the clouds.
  • Word Usage
    "_Dip and lift, dip and lift_, through an infinity of time and torture and travail, till even the line dimmed and faded and the struggle lost its meaning."
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    Form
    lift-off  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clift  Shift  Swift  adrift  clift  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    access  cargo  drive  drop  elevator  
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    cast  
    verb-form
    lifted  lifting  lifts