lifting

lift[ 'liftiŋ ]

• n.
  • the act of giving temporary assistance
  • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

    同义词：aerodynamic lift

  • the event of something being raised upward

    同义词：elevationraising

  • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

    同义词：rise

  • a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

    同义词：ski towski lift

  • a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  • one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  • 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

    同义词：elevator

  • 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"

    同义词：face liftfaceliftface liftingcosmetic surgeryrhytidectomyrhytidoplastynip and tuck

  • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

    同义词：airlift

  • a ride in a car

    "he gave me a lift home"

  • the act of raising something

    "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"

    同义词：raiseheave

• v.
  • raise from a lower to a higher position

    同义词：raiseelevateget upbring up

  • take hold of something and move it to a different location

    "lift the box onto the table"

  • move upwards

    "lift one's eyes"

    同义词：raise

  • move upward

    "The fog lifted"

    同义词：risearisemove upgo upcome upuprise

  • make audible

    "He lifted a war whoop"

  • annul by recalling or rescinding

    "lift an embargo"

    同义词：revokeannulcountermandreverserepealoverturnrescindvacate

  • make off with belongings of others

    同义词：pilfercabbagepurloinpinchabstractsnarfswipehooksneakfilchnobble

  • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    同义词：hoistwind

  • invigorate or heighten

    "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

    同义词：raise

  • raise in rank or condition

    "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

    同义词：raiseelevate

  • take off or away by decreasing

    "lift the pressure"

  • rise up

    同义词：riserear

  • pay off (a mortgage)
  • take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

    同义词：plagiarizeplagiarise

  • take illegally

    同义词：rustle

  • fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

    "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

    同义词：airlift

  • take (root crops) out of the ground

    "lift potatoes"

  • call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  • rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

    "The floor is lifting slowly"

  • put an end to

    "lift a ban"

    同义词：raise

  • remove (hair) by scalping
  • remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

    "lift the tulip bulbs"

  • remove from a surface

    "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

  • perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

    同义词：face-lift