'lift' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'lift' with 20 example sentences.
- lift noun
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: 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
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: 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