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lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
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
Type Words
Synonyms elevator
Type of lifting device
Has types dumbwaiter, food elevator, freight elevator, service elevator, paternoster

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Type Words
Synonyms hoist, wind
Type of raise, elevate, bring up, get up
Has types trice up, trice

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
the act of raising something
Type Words
Synonyms heave, raise
Type of actuation, propulsion


he responded with a lift of his eyebrow.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Type Words
Synonyms airlift
Type of fly


Food is airlifted into Bosnia.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
invigorate or heighten
Type Words
Synonyms raise
Type of meliorate, better, improve, amend, ameliorate


lift my spirits.
lift his ego.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
make off with belongings of others
Type Words
Synonyms abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
Type of steal, rip, rip off
Derivation lifter

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Type Words
Synonyms airlift
Type of transfer, conveyance, transportation, transport, transferral

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
rise up
Type Words
Synonyms rear, rise
Type of appear, look, seem
Has types tower, loom, hulk, predominate

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lift
verb
/lɪft/
cancel officially
Type Words
Synonyms annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
Type of cancel, strike down
Has types go back on, renegue on, renege on, renege


lift an embargo.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Type Words
Synonyms face-lift
Type of operate, operate on

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
take illegally
Type Words
Synonyms rustle
Type of rip off, rip, steal

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Type Words
Synonyms rise
Type of moving ridge, wave

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
put an end to
Type Words
Synonyms raise
Type of terminate, end


lift a ban.

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
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
Type Words
Synonyms cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
Type of plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
Has types rhinoplasty, nose job


some actresses have more than one face lift.

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
the event of something being raised upward
Type Words
Synonyms elevation, raising
Type of ascension, rise, rising, ascent

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
raise from a lower to a higher position
Type Words
Synonyms bring up, elevate, get up, raise
Type of move, displace
Has types underlay, chin, chin up, trice, boost, erect, gather up, get up, trice up, heighten, hike, hike up, hoist, jack, jack up, kick up, leaven, levitate, lift up, wind, pick up, pinnacle, skid, prove, pump, raise, rear, shoulder, run up
Derivation lifter

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
move upwards
Type Words
Synonyms raise
Type of displace, move


lift one's eyes.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Type Words
Synonyms plagiarise, plagiarize
Type of rip, rip off, steal
Has types crib

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Type Words
Synonyms aerodynamic lift
Type of aerodynamic force
Has types ground effect

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
move upward
Type Words
Synonyms arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise
Type of locomote, travel, move, go
Has types zoom, ascend, bubble, chandelle, climb, climb up, come up, go up, mount, rise, rocket, scend, skyrocket, soar, soar up, soar upwards, steam, surge, uplift, uprise


The fog lifted.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
raise in rank or condition
Type Words
Synonyms elevate, raise
Type of modify, change, alter
Has types exalt, dignify


The new law lifted many people from poverty.

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Type Words
Synonyms ski lift, ski tow
Type of transport, conveyance
Has types chair lift, rope tow, chairlift, surface lift

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Type Words
Type of device

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
a ride in a car
Type Words
Type of drive, ride


he gave me a lift home.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Type Words
Type of send for, call

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
make audible
Type Words
Type of emit, let out, utter, let loose


He lifted a war whoop.

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Type Words
Type of bed, layer
Has types top lift

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
pay off (a mortgage)
Type Words
Type of pay off, liquidate

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Type Words
Type of take, take away, remove, withdraw


lift the tulip bulbs.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
remove from a surface
Type Words
Type of remove, withdraw, take, take away


the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
remove (hair) by scalping
Type Words
Type of scalp

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Type Words
Type of buckle, heave, warp


The floor is lifting slowly.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
take hold of something and move it to a different location
Type Words
Type of move, displace
Has types heave, heave up, heft, fork, heft up, pitchfork


lift the box onto the table.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
take off or away by decreasing
Type Words
Type of take away, remove, withdraw, take


lift the pressure.

lift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

lift
verb
/lɪft/
take (root crops) out of the ground
Type Words
Type of dig, dig out


lift potatoes.

lift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

lift
noun
/lɪft/
the act of giving temporary assistance
Type Words
Type of aid, help, assistance, assist
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.