Dictionary entry details
• LIFT (noun)
Meaning:
The act of giving temporary assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Meaning:
The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
aerodynamic lift; lift
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
aerodynamic force (forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
ground effect (apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground)
Meaning:
The event of something being raised upward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
elevation; raising; lift
Context examples:
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon / a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Meaning:
A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
lift; rise
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind 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))
Meaning:
A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ski lift; ski tow; lift
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
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)
Meaning:
A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meaning:
One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
top lift (the bottom layer of a heel)
Holonyms ("lift" is 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)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
elevator; lift
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
lifting device (a device for lifting heavy loads)
Meronyms (parts of "lift"):
car; elevator car (where passengers ride up and down)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
paternoster (a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor)
freight elevator; service elevator (an elevator designed for carrying freight)
dumbwaiter; food elevator (a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another)
Holonyms ("lift" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
rhytidoplasty; rhytidectomy; nip and tuck; facelift; face lift; cosmetic surgery; face lifting; lift
Context example:
some actresses have more than one face lift
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lift"):
nose job; rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose)
Meaning:
Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
airlift; lift
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Instance hyponyms:
Berlin airlift (airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin)
Meaning:
A ride in a car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he gave me a lift home
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
Meaning:
The act of raising something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
raise; heave; lift
Context examples:
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow / fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
Hypernyms ("lift" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
• LIFT (verb)
Meaning:
Raise from a lower to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; raise; elevate; get up; bring up
Context examples:
Raise your hands / Lift a load
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
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)
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The men lift the chairs
Also:
lift up (take and lift upward)
Meaning:
Take hold of something and move it to a different location
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
lift the box onto the table
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
fork; pitchfork (lift with a pitchfork)
heave; heave up; heft; heft up (lift or elevate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Move upwards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context example:
lift one's eyes
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Move upward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
rise; move up; go up; lift; arise; come up; uprise
Context examples:
The fog lifted / The smoke arose from the forest fire / The mist uprose from the meadows
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)
steam (rise as vapor)
chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)
uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)
rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
go up (be erected, built, or constructed)
soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)
climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)
scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make audible
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He lifted a war whoop
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Annul by recalling or rescinding
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
rescind; repeal; countermand; annul; revoke; vacate; reverse; overturn; lift
Context examples:
He revoked the ban on smoking / lift an embargo / vacate a death sentence
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make off with belongings of others
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
snarf; purloin; pilfer; cabbage; filch; swipe; nobble; abstract; pinch; sneak; hook; lift
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They lift the goods
Meaning:
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hoist; wind; lift
Context example:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
trice; trice up (hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Invigorate or heighten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context examples:
lift my spirits / lift his ego
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Raise in rank or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
elevate; lift; raise
Context example:
The new law lifted many people from poverty
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
dignify (raise the status of)
exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take off or away by decreasing
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
lift the pressure
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Rise up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
rear; rise; lift
Context example:
The building rose before them
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
hulk; loom; predominate; tower (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Pay off (a mortgage)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
liquidate; pay off (eliminate by paying off (debts))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
plagiarise; plagiarize; lift
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lift"):
crib (take unauthorized (intellectual material))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Take illegally
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
rustle; lift
Context example:
rustle cattle
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They lift the animals
Meaning:
Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
airlift; lift
Context example:
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
fly (transport by aeroplane)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take (root crops) out of the ground
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
lift potatoes
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
dig; dig out (create by digging)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
call; send for (order, request, or command to come)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The floor is lifting slowly
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
buckle; heave; warp (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put an end to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lift; raise
Context examples:
lift a ban / raise a siege
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove (hair) by scalping
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
scalp (remove the scalp of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
lift the tulip bulbs
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove from a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
face-lift; lift
Hypernyms (to "lift" is one way to...):
operate; operate on (perform surgery on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
