Lifts Meaning
There are 36 meaning(s) for word Lifts
Meaning 1 : 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
Synonyms : elevator
Synonyms : elevator
Meaning 3 : the act of raising something
Example : he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Synonyms : heave, raise
Example : he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Synonyms : heave, raise
Meaning 4 : fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Example : Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Synonyms : airlift
Example : Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Synonyms : airlift
Meaning 6 : make off with belongings of others
Synonyms : abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
Synonyms : abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
Meaning 7 : transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms : airlift
Synonyms : airlift
Meaning 9 : cancel officially
Example : lift an embargo
Synonyms : annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
Example : lift an embargo
Synonyms : annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate
Meaning 10 : perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Synonyms : face-lift
Synonyms : face-lift
Meaning 14 : 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
Example : some actresses have more than one face lift
Synonyms : cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
Example : some actresses have more than one face lift
Synonyms : cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
Meaning 18 : take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Synonyms : plagiarise, plagiarize
Synonyms : plagiarise, plagiarize
Meaning 19 : the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Synonyms : aerodynamic lift
Synonyms : aerodynamic lift
Meaning 20 : move upward
Example : The fog lifted
Synonyms : arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise
Example : The fog lifted
Synonyms : arise, come up, go up, move up, rise, uprise
Meaning 21 : raise in rank or condition
Example : The new law lifted many people from poverty
Synonyms : elevate, raise
Example : The new law lifted many people from poverty
Synonyms : elevate, raise
Meaning 22 : a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Synonyms : ski lift, ski tow
Synonyms : ski lift, ski tow
Meaning 23 : a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Meaning 24 : a ride in a car
Example : he gave me a lift home
Example : he gave me a lift home
Meaning 25 : call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Meaning 26 : make audible
Example : He lifted a war whoop
Example : He lifted a war whoop
Meaning 27 : one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Meaning 28 : pay off (a mortgage)
Meaning 29 : remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Example : lift the tulip bulbs
Example : lift the tulip bulbs
Meaning 30 : remove from a surface
Example : the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Example : the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Meaning 31 : remove (hair) by scalping
Meaning 32 : rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Example : The floor is lifting slowly
Example : The floor is lifting slowly
Meaning 33 : take hold of something and move it to a different location
Example : lift the box onto the table
Example : lift the box onto the table
Meaning 34 : take off or away by decreasing
Example : lift the pressure
Example : lift the pressure
Meaning 35 : take (root crops) out of the ground
Example : lift potatoes
Example : lift potatoes
Meaning 36 : the act of giving temporary assistance
How to Pronounce Lifts
- lɪft