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) |
cabaret floorshow floor show | a series of acts at a night club |
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 |
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 |
dance floor | a bare floor polished for dancing |
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 |
floor flooring | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure), they needed rugs to cover the bare floors, we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
floor | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business, there was a motion from the floor |
floorboard floor board | a board in the floor |
floor cover floor covering | a covering for a floor |
floor joist | joist that supports a floor |
floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
fly gallery fly floor | a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater, stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the 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 |
mezzanine mezzanine floor entresol | intermediate floor just above the ground floor |
parquet parquet floor | a floor made of parquetry |
shop floor | workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines, the productive work is done on the shop floor |
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 |
threshing floor | a floor or ground area for threshing or treading out grain |
top lift | the bottom layer of a heel |
floor | the parliamentary right to address an assembly, the chairman granted him the floor |
privilege of the floor | the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session |
floor base | a lower limit, the government established a wage floor |
price floor | floor below which prices are not allowed to fall, the government used price supports to maintain the price floor |
wage floor | floor below which wages are not allowed to fall |
announcement proclamation annunciation declaration | a formal public statement, the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war, a declaration of independence |
announcement promulgation | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen, the announcement appeared in the local newspaper, the promulgation was written in English |
ground floor | becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage), he got in on the ground floor |
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 |
floor | the occupants of a floor, the whole floor complained about the lack of heat |
floor | the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water |
floor | the ground on which people and animals move about, the fire spared the forest floor |
floor | the lower inside surface of any hollow structure, the floor of the pelvis, the floor of the cave |
ocean floor sea floor ocean bottom seabed sea bottom Davy Jones's locker Davy Jones | the bottom of a sea or ocean |
floor leader | the legislator who organizes his party's strategy |
aerodynamic lift lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |