Lift (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege".
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Meaning 3
Take illegally; "rustle cattle".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 4
Take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
Move upwards; "lift one's eyes".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 7
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Go Up
- Scend
- Chandelle
- Climb
- Surge
- Rocket
- Uprise
- Mount
- Uplift
- Soar Upwards
- Rise
- Zoom
- Soar
- Ascend
- Steam
- Bubble
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Meaning 8
Rise up; "The building rose before them".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 9
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Levitate
- Heighten
- Gather Up
- Get Up
- Shoulder
- Wind
- Raise
- Skid
- Trice
- Rear
- Kick Up
- Pump
- Chin
- Boost
- Jack
- Prove
- Hike
- Pick Up
- Pinnacle
- Underlay
- Hoist
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Meaning 10
Take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 11
Remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table".
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Meaning 12
Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly".
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Meaning 13
Make audible; "He lifted a war whoop".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 14
Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 15
Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 16
Invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego".
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Meaning 17
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 18
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 19
Raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty".
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Meaning 20
Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 21
Make off with belongings of others.
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 22
Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 24
Remove (hair) by scalping.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..