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 |
black rat
roof rat
Rattus rattus | common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide |
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 |
| curb roof | a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge |
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 |
| French roof | a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular |
gable roof
saddle roof
saddleback
saddleback roof | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
gambrel
gambrel roof | a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper |
hip roof
hipped roof | a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides |
hurricane deck
hurricane roof
promenade deck
awning deck | a deck at the top of a passenger ship |
| 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 |
luggage rack
roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
mansard
mansard roof | a hip roof having two slopes on each side |
| roof | a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
| roof | protective covering on top of a motor vehicle |
| roof garden | a garden on a flat roof of a building |
| roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
ski tow
ski lift
lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill |
| slate roof | a roof covered with slate |
| 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 |
thatch
thatched roof | a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) |
| tile roof | a roof made of fired clay tiles |
| top lift | the bottom layer of a heel |
palate
roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
ceiling
roof
cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
| 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 |
| roof | the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space, the roof of the cave was very high, I could see the roof of the bear's mouth |
aerodynamic lift
lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
Pluteus
genus Pluteus
roof mushroom | a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae, the shape of the cap resembles a roof, often abundant early in the summer |
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 |