change-up
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
lift
raise
heave | the act of raising something, he responded with a lift of his eyebrow, fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up |
| face lift facelift face lifting | a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes, give your home a facelift, more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction |
| lift | a ride in a car, he gave me a lift home |
airlift
lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
speed
speeding
hurrying | changing location rapidly |
| speed skating | competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) |
face lift
facelift
lift face lifting
cosmetic surgery
rhytidectomy
rhytidoplasty
nip and tuck | 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 |
| lift | the act of giving temporary assistance |
amphetamine
pep pill
upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
chairlift
chair lift | 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 |
drawbridge
lift bridge | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
elevator
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 | one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot |
| lift | a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg |
| lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
ski tow
ski lift
lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill |
| speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
speedometer
speed indicator | a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed |
speed skate
racing skate | an ice skate with a long blade, worn for racing |
| surface lift | a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground |
T-bar lift
T-bar
Alpine lift | a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis |
| top lift | the bottom layer of a heel |
speed
swiftness
fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens, the project advanced with gratifying speed |
| execution speed | (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions, measured in MIPS |
| speed trap | a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders |
| speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
| lift rise | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground |
elevation
lift
raising | the event of something being raised upward, an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon, a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity |
motorcycle cop
motorcycle policeman
speed cop | a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) |
speeder
speed demon | a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit |
| speed freak | addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) |
speedskater
speed skater | an ice-skater who races competitively, usually around an oval course |
aerodynamic lift
lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
focal ratio
f number
stop number
speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
high-speed steel
hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
speed
velocity | distance travelled per unit time |
speed of light
light speed
c | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly ,, meters per second |
face-lift
lift | perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face |
| lift | remove from a surface, the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table |
| lift | take off or away by decreasing, lift the pressure |
| lift | remove from a seedbed or from a nursery, lift the tulip bulbs |
| lift | remove (hair) by scalping |
| lift raise d | put an end to, lift a ban, raise a siege |
| lift | rise upward, as from pressure or moisture, The floor is lifting slowly |
accelerate
speed up
speed
quicken | move faster, The car accelerated |
| accelerate speed speed up | cause to move faster, He accelerated the car |
| lift raise elevate | raise in rank or condition, The new law lifted many people from poverty |
| raise lift | invigorate or heighten, lift my spirits, lift his ego |
| lift | call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs |