Read the dictionary definition of lift. All definitions for this word.
1. the act of raising something
1. he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
2. fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
2. a ride in a car
1. he gave me a lift home
3. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
4. 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
1. some actresses have more than one face lift
5. the act of giving temporary assistance
6. 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
7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
8. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
9. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
10. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
11. the event of something being raised upward
1. an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
2. a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
12. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
13. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
14. remove from a surface
1. the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
15. take off or away by decreasing
1. lift the pressure
16. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
1. lift the tulip bulbs
17. remove (hair) by scalping
18. put an end to
1. lift a ban
2. raise a siege
19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
1. The floor is lifting slowly
20. raise in rank or condition
1. The new law lifted many people from poverty
21. invigorate or heighten
1. lift my spirits
2. lift his ego
22. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
23. cancel officially
1. He revoked the ban on smoking
2. lift an embargo
3. vacate a death sentence
24. make audible
1. He lifted a war whoop
25. take (root crops) out of the ground
1. lift potatoes
26. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
1. Food is airlifted into Bosnia
27. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
1. hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
28. take hold of something and move it to a different location
1. lift the box onto the table
29. move upward
1. The fog lifted
2. The smoke arose from the forest fire
3. The mist uprose from the meadows
30. move upwards
1. lift one's eyes