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) |
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 |
| car elevator car | where passengers ride up and down, the car was on the top floor |
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 |
dumbwaiter
food elevator | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
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 |
| elevator | the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend |
| elevator shaft | a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor |
freight elevator
service elevator | an elevator designed for carrying freight |
| 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 |
| 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 |
disabled
handicapped | people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped, technology to help the elderly and the disabled |
| elevator girl | a girl employed to operate an elevator |
elevator man
elevator boy
liftman | a man employed to operate an elevator, in England they call an elevator man a liftman |
| elevator operator | an operator of an elevator |
aerodynamic lift
lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
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 |
| lift | take hold of something and move it to a different location, lift the box onto the table |
elate
lift up
uplift
pick up
intoxicate | fill with high spirits, fill with optimism, Music can uplift your spirits |
rise
lift arise move up
go up
come up uprise | move upward, The fog lifted, The smoke arose from the forest fire, The mist uprose from the meadows |
| lift raise | move upwards, lift one's eyes |
raise
lift
elevate
get up
bring up
| raise from a lower to a higher position, Raise your hands, Lift a load |