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) |
heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
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 |
artillery heavy weapon gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
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 |
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 |
heavy | a serious (or tragic) role in a play |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
ground swell heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
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 |
double creme heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of % or more |
heavy cream | contains more than % butterfat |
baryon heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
heavy hitter | an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in |
heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles |
aerodynamic lift lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
deuterium heavy hydrogen | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
heavy spar barite barytes barium sulphate | a white or colorless mineral (BaSO), the main source of barium |
heavy water deuterium oxide | water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors |
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 |
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 |
revoke annul lift countermand reverse repeal overturn rescind vacate | cancel officially, He revoked the ban on smoking, lift an embargo, vacate a death sentence |
lift | make audible, He lifted a war whoop |
weight-lift weightlift press | lift weights, This guy can presspounds |
lift | take (root crops) out of the ground, lift potatoes |
scoop scoop out lift out scoop up take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop, scoop the sugar out of the container |
airlift lift | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means, Food is airlifted into Bosnia |
hoist lift wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help, hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car |