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'lift' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'lift' with 20 example sentences.


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


  • Can you lift this leg?
  • Why doesn't the lift work?
  • We need leverage if we're going to lift this.
  • Could you give me a lift?
  • The wind lifted her hair.
  • He tried in vain to lift up the stone.
  • Don't lift weights if you're still sore.
  • An ant can lift more than 50 times its weight.
  • She tried to lift the box, but found it impossible.
  • I can't lift my right arm.
  • My father doesn't lift a finger at home.
  • In case of fire, do not use the lift.
  • I hope the fog will lift soon.
  • You cannot lift the piano alone.
  • The crane can lift twenty tons of concrete.
  • They lifted him carefully into the ambulance.
  • Lift the seat before you pee.
  • I feel now as if a weight has lifted from me.
  • The policeman lifted the box carefully.
  • He acknowledged me by lifting his hat.
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