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lift

noun: the act of giving temporary assistance

noun: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

noun: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

noun: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

noun: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

noun: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

noun: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

noun: 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

noun: 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"

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

noun: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"

noun: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

verb: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

verb: take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"

verb: move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

verb: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

verb: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"

verb: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

verb: make off with belongings of others

verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

verb: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

verb: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

verb: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"

verb: rise up; "The building rose before them"

verb: pay off (a mortgage)

verb: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

verb: take illegally; "rustle cattle"

verb: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

verb: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"

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

verb: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"

verb: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

verb: remove (hair) by scalping

verb: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

verb: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

verb: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face


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lift

Length: 4 letters

Scrabble value: 7

Words with Friends value: 8

Literati value: 6

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