What does lift mean?

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[n] the act of giving temporary assistance[v] raise from a lower to a higher position(Raise your hands Lift a load)[n] the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity[v] take hold of something and move it to a different location(lift the box onto the table

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lift - The Free Dictionary

[n] the act of giving temporary assistance

[v] raise from a lower to a higher position
(Raise your hands Lift a load)

[n] the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

[v] take hold of something and move it to a different location
(lift the box onto the table)

[n] the event of something being raised upward
(an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity)

[v] move upwards
(lift one's eyes)

[n] a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

[v] move upward
(The fog lifted The smoke arose from the forest fire The mist uprose from the meadows)

[n] a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

[v] make audible
(He lifted a war whoop)

[n] a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

[v] cancel officially
(He revoked the ban on smoking lift an embargo vacate a death sentence)

[n] one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

[v] make off with belongings of others

[n] 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

[v] raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
(hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car)

[n] 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)

[v] invigorate or heighten
(lift my spirits lift his ego)

[n] transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

[v] raise in rank or condition
(The new law lifted many people from poverty)

[n] a ride in a car
(he gave me a lift home)

[v] take off or away by decreasing
(lift the pressure)

[n] the act of raising something
(he responded with a lift of his eyebrow fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up)

[v] rise up
(The building rose before them)

[v] pay off (a mortgage)

[v] take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

[v] take illegally
(rustle cattle)

[v] fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
(Food is airlifted into Bosnia)

[v] take (root crops) out of the ground
(lift potatoes)

[v] call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

[v] rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
(The floor is lifting slowly)

[v] put an end to
(lift a ban raise a siege)

[v] remove (hair) by scalping

[v] remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
(lift the tulip bulbs)

[v] remove from a surface
(the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table)

[v] perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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