[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lift \lift\ li^ft, n. as. lyft air. see loft.
   the sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. obs. or scot.
   1913 webster
see also:
loft 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lift \lift\ li^ft, v. t. imp.  p. p. lifted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. lifting. icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to sw.
   lyfta to lift, dan. l"ofte, g. l"uften; -- prop., to
   raise into the air. see loft, and cf. 1st lift.
   1. to move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to
      raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a
      higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support
      or holding in the higher place; -- said of material
      things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair
      or a burden.
      1913 webster

   2. to raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition,
      estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
      1913 webster

            the roman virtues lift up mortal man. --addison.
      1913 webster

            lest, being lifted up with pride.     --1 tim. iii.
                                                  6.
      1913 webster

   3. to bear; to support. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. to collect, as moneys due; to raise.
      1913 webster

   5. perh. a different word, and akin to goth. hliftus thief,
      hlifan to steal, l. clepere, gr. kle`ptein. cf.
      shoplifter. to steal; to carry off by theft esp.
      cattle; as, to lift a drove of cattle.
      1913 webster

   note: in old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted.
         1913 webster

               he ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. --shak.
         1913 webster

   to lift up, to raise or elevate; in the scriptures,
      specifically, to elevate upon the cross. --john viii. 28.

   to lift up the eyes. to look up; to raise the eyes, as in
      prayer. --ps. cxxi. 1.

   to lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief.
      --ps. lxxiv. 3.

   to lift up the hand.
      a to take an oath. --gen. xiv. 22.
      b to pray. --ps. xxviii. 2.
      c to engage in duty. --heb. xii. 12.

   to lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault;
      to attack; to injure; to oppress. --job xxxi. 21.

   to lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to
      rejoice. --gen. xl. 13. --luke xxi. 28.

   to lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or
      unkindness. --john xiii.18.

   to lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. --gen.
      xxi. 16.
      1913 webster
see also:
lifted lifting loft lift shoplifter to lift up 
to lift up the eyes to lift up the feet to lift up the hand to lift up the hand against to lift up one's head 
to lift up the heel against to lift up the voice 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lift \lift\ li^ft, v. i.
   1. to try to raise something; to exert the strength for
      raising or bearing.
      1913 webster

            strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the
      fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
      1913 webster

   3. see lift, v. t., 5. to steal; also, to live by theft.
      --spenser.
      1913 webster
see also:
lift 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lift \lift\, n.
   1. act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
      1913 webster

   2. the space or distance through which anything is lifted;
      as, a long lift. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. help; assistance, as by lifting. hence: a ride in a
      vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as
      a favor -- usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift"; as,
      to give one a lift in a wagon; jack gave me a lift into
      town. colloq.
      1913 webster +pjc

            the goat gives the fox a lift.        --l'estrange.

   4. that by means of which a person or thing lifts or is
      lifted; as:
      a a hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
          chiefly brit.
      b an exercising machine.
          1913 webster

   5. a rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
      canals.
      1913 webster

   6. a lift gate. see lift gate, below. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   7. naut. a rope leading from the masthead to the extremity
      of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end
      of the yard.
      1913 webster

   8. mach. one of the steps of a cone pulley.
      1913 webster

   9. shoemaking a layer of leather in the heel.
      1913 webster

   10. horology that portion of the vibration of a balance
       during which the impulse is given. --saunier.
       1913 webster

   11. a brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the
       campaign workers got a lift from the president's
       endorsement.
       pjc

   dead lift. see under dead. --swift.

   lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of
      which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.

   lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.

   lift hammer. see tilt hammer.

   lift lock, a canal lock.

   lift pump, a lifting pump.

   lift tenter windmills, a governor for regulating the
      speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action
      of grinding machinery according to the speed.

   lift wall canal lock, the cross wall at the head of the
      lock.
      1913 webster
see also:
lift gate dead lift dead lift bridge lift hammer tilt hammer 
lift lock lift pump lift tenter lift wall 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elevator \el"eva`tor\, n. l., one who raises up, a deliverer:
   cf. f. 'el'evateur.
   1. one who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
      1913 webster

   2. a mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain
      with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain
      to an upper loft for storage.
      1913 webster

   3. a cage or platform called an elevator car and the
      hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for
      conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different
      floors or levels; -- called in england a lift; the cage
      or platform itself.
      1913 webster

   4. a building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
      1913 webster

   5. anat. a muscle which serves to raise a part of the body,
      as the leg or the eye.
      1913 webster

   6. surg. an instrument for raising a depressed portion of a
      bone.
      1913 webster

   7. a"eronautics a movable plane or group of planes used
      to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or
      inclination of an airship or flying machine.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   elevator head, elevator leg,  elevator boot, the boxes
      in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley,
      respectively, run in a grain elevator. 1913 webster

   elevator shoes, shoes having unusually thick soles and
      heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or
      she actually is. pjc
see also:
lift elevator head elevator leg elevator boot elevator shoes 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lift
     n 1: the act of giving temporary assistance
     2: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil
        that opposes gravity syn: aerodynamic lift
     3: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of
        the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land
        resulting from volcanic activity" syn: elevation, raising
     4: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground syn: rise
     5: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill syn: ski
        tow, ski lift
     6: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look
        taller or to correct a shortened leg
     7: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
     8: 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 syn: elevator
     9: 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" syn: face lift,
         facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy,
         rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
     10: transportation of people or goods by air especially when
         other means of access are unavailable syn: airlift
     11: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
     12: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
         his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
         getting ladders up" syn: raise, heave
     v 1: raise from a lower to a higher position; "raise your hands";
          "lift a load" syn: raise, elevate, get up, bring
          up ant: lower
     2: take hold of something and move it to a different location;
        "lift the box onto the table"
     3: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" syn: raise
     4: move upward; "the fog lifted"; "the smoke arose from the
        forest fire"; "the mist uprose from the meadows" syn: rise,
         arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise ant: descend
     5: make audible; "he lifted a war whoop"
     6: annul by recalling or rescinding; "he revoked the ban on
        smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
        syn: revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal,
         overturn, rescind, vacate
     7: make off with belongings of others syn: pilfer, cabbage,
         purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,
         sneak, filch, nobble
     8: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
        the bicycle onto the roof of the car" syn: hoist, wind
     9: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
        syn: raise
     10: raise in rank or condition; "the new law lifted many people
         from poverty" syn: raise, elevate
     11: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
     12: rise up; "the building rose before them" syn: rise, rear
     13: pay off a mortgage
     14: take without referencing from someone else's writing or
         speech; of intellectual property syn: plagiarize, plagiarise
     15: take illegally; "rustle cattle" syn: rustle
     16: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by
         other means; "food is airlifted into bosnia" syn: airlift
     17: take root crops out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
     18: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
     19: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "the floor is
         lifting slowly"
     20: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" syn: raise
     21: remove hair by scalping
     22: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip
         bulbs"
     23: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some
         fingerprints from the table"
     24: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face syn: face-lift
see also:
aerodynamic lift elevation raising rise ski tow ski lift 
elevator face lift facelift face lifting cosmetic surgery 
rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck airlift raise 
heave elevate get up bring up lower 
arise move up go up come up uprise 
descend revoke annul countermand reverse 
repeal overturn rescind vacate pilfer 
cabbage purloin pinch abstract snarf 
swipe hook sneak filch nobble 
hoist wind rear plagiarize plagiarise 
rustle face-lift 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

374 moby thesaurus words for "lift":
   caelus, great leap forward, olympian heights, sunday drive,
   a leg up, abstract, acculturate, acme, advance, advancement,
   aerial heights, aerosphere, aggrandize, aid, air, airing,
   ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, amortize, and, annex,
   annul, apex, appropriate, arise, ascend, ascent, aspire, assist,
   assistance, atmosphere, azure, bag, bang, be poised, bear, better,
   bettering, betterment, billow, biosphere, blue sky, boost, boot,
   bore, borrow, break, breakers, bring forward, buoy up, burglary,
   caelum, cancel, canopy, canopy of heaven, caper, carry, cast up,
   cerulean, charge, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, civilize, clear,
   comb, comber, comfort, conduct, confiscate, convey, cop, cope,
   copy, crab, crane, crash, crib, dash, defraud, deify, derrick,
   dignify, dirty water, disappear, discharge, discontinue, dismantle,
   dissipate, dizzy heights, drive, dumbwaiter, eagre, ebb and flow,
   ecosphere, edify, educate, elate, elevate, elevation, elevator,
   embezzle, emend, eminence, empyrean, encouragement, end, enhance,
   enhancement, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, enrichment, enshrine,
   erect, erector, escalate, escalator, ether, eugenics, euthenics,
   exalt, extort, fatten, favor, filch, firmament, flush, fly,
   forklift, forward, foster, freight, furtherance, gantry crane,
   gaseous envelope, go straight, grab, gravity wave, ground swell,
   hand, headway, heave, heaven, heavens, heavy sea, heavy swell,
   heft, height, heighten, heights, heist, helping hand, hike, hoick,
   hoist, hold up, honor, hook, hyaline, hydraulic tailgate,
   immortalize, improve, improve upon, improvement, inducement,
   inspiration, jack, jackscrew, jerk up, job, jollies, joyride, kick,
   knock up, larceny, lard, leg, leg up, lever, levitate, liberate,
   lift up, lifter, lifts, liquidate, lob, loft, lop, lug, magnify,
   make accounts square, make an improvement, make off with,
   manhandle, meliorate, melioration, mend, mending, mount,
   moving staircase, nick, nip, noosphere, nurture, pack, palm,
   pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, peak,
   perk up, pick up, pickup, pilfer, pinch, plagiarize, poach, pocket,
   popple, preferment, progress, progression, promote, promotion,
   purloin, purloining, quiver, raise, raise up, rear, rear up,
   reassurance, recall, recovery, redeem, refine upon, reform, relief,
   repeal, rescind, restoration, retire, reverse, revival, ride,
   riffle, rip-off, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rising ground,
   robbery, rocket, roll, roller, rough water, run away with, rush,
   rush of emotion, rustle, satisfy, scend, scrounge, sea, send,
   sensation, set up, settle, shiver, shoplift, shudder, sky, smash,
   snare, snatch, snitch, soar, socialize, spin, square,
   square accounts, starry heaven, steal, stealage, stealing, steep,
   stick up, stimulus, stop, straighten out, stratosphere,
   strike a balance, succor, support, surf, surge, surge of emotion,
   swell, swindle, swipe, tackle, take, take away, take up, terminate,
   the blue, the blue serene, theft, thieve, thievery, thieving,
   thrill, throw up, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, tingle,
   tingling, titillation, toss, tote, touch, tower, transfigure,
   transform, transport, tremor, tremor of excitement, trough,
   tsunami, undulate, undulation, up, upbeat, upbuoy, upcast, upgrade,
   upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upping, upraise, uprear, uprise,
   upswing, upthrow, uptrend, upward mobility, vanish, vantage ground,
   vantage point, vault, vault of heaven, void, waft, walk off with,
   water wave, wave, wavelet, welkin, whirl, whisk, white horses,
   whitecaps, windlass, wing, withdraw, zenith

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