lift
Noun
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is a type of: aid, assist, assistance, help - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
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is a type of: aerodynamic force - forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)subtypes: ground effect - apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the groundsame as: aerodynamic lift
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is a type of: moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)same as: rise
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is a type of: conveyance, transport - something that serves as a means of transportationsubtypes:
- chair lift, chairlift - a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
- 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
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is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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subtypes: top lift - the bottom layer of a heelis a part of: heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
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is a type of: lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loadssubtypes:
- 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
has: car, elevator car - where passengers ride up and downis a part of: building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one placesame as: elevator -
is a type of: anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissuesubtypes: nose job, rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nosesame as: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
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is a type of: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation - the act of moving something from one location to anotherspecific instances: berlin airlift - airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlinsame as: airlift
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is a type of: actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
Verb
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes:
- get up - cause to rise
- jack, jack up - lift with a special device
- shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders
- kick up - cause to rise by kicking
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- trice, trice up - raise with a line
- hoist, run up - raise
- hoist - move from one place to another by lifting
- pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump
- levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
- underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
- skid - elevate onto skids
- pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle
- chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
- leaven, prove, raise - cause to puff up with a leaven
- heighten - increase the height of
- boost, hike, hike up - increase
- gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward
- erect, rear - cause to rise up
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesame as: raise
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly
- go up - be erected, built, or constructed
- rocket, skyrocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
- bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
- chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply
- steam - rise as vapor
- ascend, come up, rise, uprise - come up, of celestial bodies
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is a type of: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffective
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same as: raise
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referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil actsubtypes: crib - take unauthorized (intellectual material)same as: plagiarise, plagiarize
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referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil actsame as: rustle
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is a type of: fly - transport by aeroplanesame as: airlift
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same as: raise
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is a type of: scalp - remove the scalp of
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is a type of: operate, operate on - perform surgery onsame as: face-lift
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