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 |
hitch hobble limp | the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg |
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) |
packing backpacking | carrying something in a pack on the back, the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts |
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 |
miller's-thumb | small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America |
backpacking tent pack tent | a tent that can be carried in a backpack |
Blackwall hitch | a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook |
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 |
clove hitch | a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar |
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 |
half hitch | a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object, usually tied double |
hindrance hinderance hitch preventive preventative encumbrance incumbrance interference | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome |
hitch | a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it, a temporary knot |
hitch | a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls |
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 |
magnus hitch | a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
rolling hitch | a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
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 |
thumb | the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb |
thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections |
timber hitch | a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar, often supplemented by a half hitch |
top lift | the bottom layer of a heel |
green thumb green fingers | a special ability to make plants grow |
thumb pollex | the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb |
hang-up hitch rub snag | an unforeseen obstacle |
guidepost guideline rule of thumb | a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior |
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 |
Tom Thumb | a very small person |
Tom Thumb | an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb |
aerodynamic lift lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
arrest check halt hitch stay stop stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption, the negotiations were in arrest, held them in check, during the halt he got some lunch, the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow, he spent the entire stop in his seat |
enlistment hitch term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour | a period of time spent in military service |
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 |