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
Meaning 2 : raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    Synonyms : hoist,  wind
Meaning 3 : the act of raising something

    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
Meaning 5 : invigorate or heighten

    Example : lift my spirits,lift his ego

    Synonyms : raise
Meaning 6 : make off with belongings of others

    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
Meaning 8 : rise up

    Synonyms : rear,  rise
Meaning 9 : cancel officially

    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
Meaning 11 : take illegally

    Synonyms : rustle
Meaning 12 : a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

    Synonyms : rise
Meaning 13 : put an end to

    Example : lift a ban

    Synonyms : raise
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
Meaning 15 : the event of something being raised upward

    Synonyms : elevation,  raising
Meaning 16 : raise from a lower to a higher position

    Synonyms : bring up,  elevate,  get up,  raise
Meaning 17 : move upwards

    Example : lift one's eyes

    Synonyms : raise
Meaning 18 : take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

    Synonyms : plagiarise,  plagiarize
Meaning 19 : the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

    Synonyms : aerodynamic lift
Meaning 20 : move upward

    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
Meaning 22 : a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

    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

Meaning 25 : call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

Meaning 26 : make audible

    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

Meaning 30 : remove from a surface

    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

Meaning 33 : take hold of something and move it to a different location

    Example : lift the box onto the table

Meaning 34 : take off or away by decreasing

    Example : lift the pressure

Meaning 35 : take (root crops) out of the ground

    Example : lift potatoes

Meaning 36 : the act of giving temporary assistance

How to Pronounce Lifts

  • lɪft