| VERB | motion | lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | lift | take hold of something and move it to a different location | |
| motion | lift, raise | move upwards | |
| motion | lift, rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | move upward | |
| communication | lift | make audible | |
| communication | lift, revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | cancel officially | |
| possession | lift, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble | make off with belongings of others | |
| contact | lift, hoist, wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | |
| change | lift, raise | invigorate or heighten | |
| change | lift, raise, elevate | raise in rank or condition | |
| change | lift | take off or away by decreasing | |
| stative | lift, rise, rear | rise up | |
| possession | lift | pay off (a mortgage) | |
| possession | lift, plagiarize, plagiarise | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech | |
| possession | lift, rustle | take illegally | |
| contact | lift, airlift | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | |
| contact | lift | take (root crops) out of the ground | |
| communication | lift | call to stop the hunt / hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs | |
| change | lift | rise upward, as from pressure or moisture | |
| change | lift, raise | put an end to | |
| change | lift | remove (hair) by scalping | |
| change | lift | remove from a seedbed or from a nursery | |
| change | lift | remove from a surface | |
| body | lift, face-lift | perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face | |
| NOUN | act | lift | the act of giving temporary assistance |
| phenomenon | lift, aerodynamic lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity | |
| event | lift, elevation, raising | the event of something being raised upward | |
| event | lift, rise | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | |
| artifact | lift, ski tow, ski lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | |
| artifact | lift | a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | |
| artifact | lift | one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | |
| artifact | lift, elevator | 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 | |
| act | lift, face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face | |
| act | lift, airlift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | |
| act | lift | a ride in a car | |
| act | lift, raise, heave | the act of raising something |
| Sounds | lih'ft | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adrift ... uplift: 18 rhymes with ihft... | |
| Meaning | The act of giving temporary assistance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | aid, assist, assistance, help | The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| Meaning | The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | aerodynamic lift | |
| Narrower | ground effect | apparent increase / increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground |
| Broader | aerodynamic force | Forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids) |
| Spanish | sustentación | |
| Meaning | The event of something being raised upward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | elevation, raising | |
| Broader | rise, rising, ascent, ascension | A movement upward |
| Spanish | elevación | |
| Catalan | elevació | |
| Verbs | lift | raise from a lower to a higher position |
| lift | move upward | |
| Meaning | A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rise | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | crecida | |
| Verbs | lift | raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Meaning | A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | ski tow, ski lift | |
| Narrower | chairlift, chair lift | A ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside |
| rope tow | A ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto | |
| surface lift | A ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground | |
| Broader | conveyance, transport | Something that serves as a means of transportation |
| Spanish | telesquí | |
| Catalan | remuntador, telecadira, telesquí | |
| Verbs | lift | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
| lift | raise from a lower to a higher position | |
| Meaning | A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Verbs | lift | raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Meaning | One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | heel | The bottom of a shoe or boot |
| Narrower | top lift | The bottom layer of a heel |
| Broader | layer, bed | Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | elevator | |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Parts | car, elevator car | Where passengers ride up and down |
| Narrower | dumbwaiter, food elevator | A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
| freight elevator, service elevator | An elevator designed for carrying freight | |
| paternoster | A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor | |
| Broader | lifting device | A device for lifting heavy loads |
| Spanish | ascensor, elevador | |
| Catalan | ascensor | |
| Verbs | lift | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
| lift | raise from a lower to a higher position | |
| Meaning | 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 | face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck | |
| Narrower | nose job, rhinoplasty | cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose |
| Broader | plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
| Spanish | cirugía estética, lifting facial, ritidectomía, ritidoplastia | |
| Catalan | cirurgia estètica, cirurgia plàstica, lifting facial, ritidectomia, ritidectomía, ritidoplastia, ritidoplàstia | |
| Meaning | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | airlift | |
| Instances | Berlin airlift | airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
| Broader | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
| Spanish | puente aéreo, transporte aéreo | |
| Catalan | transport aeri | |
| Verbs | lift | raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Meaning | A ride in a car. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he gave me a lift home" | |
| Broader | drive, ride | A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) |
| Meaning | The act of raising something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow" | |
| Synonyms | raise, heave | |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation | The act of propelling |
| Catalan | elevació | |
| Verbs | lift | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
| lift | raise from a lower to a higher position | |
| lift | move upwards | |
| Meaning | Raise from a lower to a higher position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The men lift the chairs | |
| Example | "Lift a load" | |
| Synonyms | raise, elevate, get up, bring up | |
| Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Narrower | chin, chin up | Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar |
| get up | Cause to rise | |
| heighten | increase the height of | |
| hike, hike up, boost | increase | |
| hoist, lift, wind | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | |
| hoist, run up | Raise | |
| hoist | Move from one place to another by lifting | |
| jack, jack up | Lift with a special device | |
| kick up | Cause to rise by kicking | |
| levitate | Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity | |
| pick up, lift up, gather up | Take and lift upward | |
| pinnacle | Raise on or as if on a pinnacle | |
| pump | Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump | |
| raise, leaven, prove | Cause to puff up with a leaven | |
| rear, erect | Cause to rise up | |
| shoulder | Lift onto one's shoulders | |
| skid | elevate onto skids | |
| trice, trice up | Raise with a line | |
| underlay | Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| See also | lift up | take and lift upward |
| Opposite | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down | Move something or somebody to a lower position |
| Spanish | alzar, aumentar, elevar, levantar, subir, traer | |
| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, elevar, enlairar, pujar | |
| Nouns | lift | the act of raising something |
| lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | |
| 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 | |
| lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | |
| lift | a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | |
| lift | the event of something being raised upward | |
| lift | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | |
| lifter | an athlete who lifts barbells | |
| Meaning | take hold of something and move it to a different location. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "lift the box onto the table" | |
| Entailed by | heft | Test the weight of something by lifting it |
| Narrower | heave, heave up, heft, heft up | Lift or elevate |
| pitchfork, fork | Lift with a pitchfork | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | elevar, levantar | |
| Catalan | elevar | |
| Meaning | Move upwards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "lift one's eyes" | |
| Synonym | raise | |
| Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | alzar, elevar, levantar | |
| Catalan | elevar | |
| Nouns | lift | the act of raising something |
| Meaning | Move upward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The fog lifted" | |
| Synonyms | rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | |
| Caused by | lift, raise | Move upwards |
| raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position | |
| Entailed by | levitate, hover | Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity |
| top out, peak | To reach the highest point | |
| Narrower | bubble | Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles |
| chandelle | climb suddenly and steeply | |
| climb, climb up, mount, go up | go upward with gradual or continuous progress | |
| go up | Be erected, built, or constructed | |
| rise, come up, uprise, ascend | come up, of celestial bodies | |
| rocket, skyrocket | Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket | |
| scend, surge | Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave | |
| soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom | Rise rapidly | |
| steam | Rise as vapor | |
| uplift | lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | ascender, elevarse, subir | |
| Catalan | aixecar-se, aixecar, alçar-se, alçar, ascendir, elevar-se, elevar, pujar | |
| Nouns | lift | the event of something being raised upward |
| Meaning | make audible. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He lifted a war whoop" | |
| Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
| Spanish | alzar, elevar, levantar | |
| Catalan | alçar | |
| Meaning | Cancel officially. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "lift an embargo" | |
| Synonyms | revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate | |
| Narrower | renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation |
| Broader | cancel, strike down | declare null and void |
| Spanish | anular, cancelar, contradecir, dar una contraorden, derogar, invalidar, invertir, rescindir, retractar, revocar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, derogar, invertir, revocar | |
| Meaning | Make off with belongings of others. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Model | They lift the goods | |
| Synonyms | pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | afanar, atrapar, birlar, enganchar, guindar, hurtar, mangar, quitar, robar | |
| Catalan | furtar, pispar, robar | |
| Nouns | lifter | a thief who steals goods that are in a store |
| Meaning | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | hoist, wind | |
| Narrower | trice, trice up | hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | elevar, enarbolar, izar, levantar, subir | |
| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, elevar, hissar, pujar | |
| Nouns | lift | the act of raising something |
| 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 | |
| lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | |
| Meaning | invigorate or heighten. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | raise | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Spanish | alzar, animar, elevar, levantar | |
| Catalan | aixecar, elevar | |
| Meaning | Raise in rank or condition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The new law lifted many people from poverty" | |
| Synonyms | raise, elevate | |
| Narrower | dignify | Raise the status of |
| exalt | Raise in rank, character, or status | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Catalan | elevar | |
| Meaning | Take off or away by decreasing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "lift the pressure" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | sacar | |
| Catalan | treure | |
| Meaning | Rise up. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | rise, rear | |
| Narrower | loom, tower, predominate, hulk | Appear very large or occupy a commanding position |
| Broader | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
| Spanish | alzarse, erguirse | |
| Catalan | aixecar-se, alçar-se, dreçar-se | |
| Meaning | pay off (a mortgage) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | liquidate, pay off | Eliminate by paying off (debts) |
| Spanish | cancelar, saldar | |
| Meaning | Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | plagiarize, plagiarise | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Narrower | crib | Take unauthorized (intellectual material) |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | plagiar | |
| Catalan | plagiar | |
| Meaning | Take illegally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They lift the animals | |
| Synonym | rustle | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | robar | |
| Catalan | robar | |
| Meaning | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" | |
| Synonym | airlift | |
| Broader | fly | transport by aeroplane |
| Meaning | Take (root crops) out of the ground. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "lift potatoes" | |
| Broader | dig, dig out | create by digging |
| Spanish | sacar | |
| Meaning | Call to stop the hunt / hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | call, send for | Order, request, or command to come |
| Meaning | Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The floor is lifting slowly" | |
| Broader | heave, buckle, warp | bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat |
| Catalan | aixecar | |
| Meaning | put an end to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "lift a ban" | |
| Synonym | raise | |
| Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
| Spanish | levantar | |
| Catalan | aixecar | |
| Meaning | Remove (hair) by scalping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | scalp | Remove the scalp of |
| Meaning | Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "lift the tulip bulbs" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | sacar | |
| Catalan | treure | |
| Meaning | Remove from a surface. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Catalan | treure | |
| Meaning | Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | face-lift | |
| Broader | operate on, operate | Perform surgery on |
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