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lift - noun

  • the act of giving temporary assistance
  • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
  • the event of something being raised upward
  • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  • a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
  • 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
  • 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
  • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  • a ride in a car
  • the act of raising something

    • lift - verb

    • raise from a lower to a higher position
    • take hold of something and move it to a different location
    • move upwards
    • move upward
    • make audible
    • cancel officially
    • make off with belongings of others
    • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    • invigorate or heighten
    • raise in rank or condition
    • take off or away by decreasing
    • rise up
    • pay off (a mortgage)
    • take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    • take illegally
    • fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    • take (root crops) out of the ground
    • call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
    • rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    • put an end to
    • remove (hair) by scalping
    • remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    • remove from a surface
    • perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

    lift - thesaurus

    abstract   airlift   annul   arise   cabbage   countermand   elevate   elevation   elevator   facelift   filch   heave   hoist   hook   nobble   overturn   pilfer   pinch   plagiarise British English spelling   plagiarize American English spelling   purloin   raise   raising   rear   repeal   rescind   reverse   revoke   rhytidectomy   rhytidoplasty   rise   rustle   snarf   sneak   swipe   uprise   vacate   wind  

    Scrabble score for lift

    l is 1 i is 1 f is 4 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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