Lift
Meanings and phrases
lift
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity; aerodynamic lift
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable); airlift
- the event of something being raised upward; elevation; raising
- 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; elevator
- 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; face lift; facelift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; nip and tuck
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground; rise
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- a ride in a car
- the act of raising something; raise; heave
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill; ski tow; ski lift
lift
- raise from a lower to a higher position; raise; elevate; get up; bring up
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- move upwards; raise
- make audible
- cancel officially; revoke; annul; countermand; reverse; repeal; overturn; rescind; vacate
- move upward; rise; arise; move up; go up; come up; uprise
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; hoist; wind
- raise in rank or condition; raise; elevate
- take off or away by decreasing
- make off with belongings of others; pilfer; cabbage; purloin; pinch; abstract; snarf; swipe; hook; sneak; filch; nobble
- invigorate or heighten; raise
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; airlift
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face; face-lift
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- put an end to; raise
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property; plagiarize; plagiarise
- rise up; rise; rear
- take illegally; rustle
Alpine lift
- a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis; T-bar lift; T-bar
T-bar lift
- a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis; T-bar; Alpine lift
n.
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity; lift
n.
- 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; chairlift
n.
- 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; facelift; lift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; nip and tuck
- a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; facelift; face lifting
n.
- a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it; drawbridge
- The high-level bridge was preferred to a low-level lift bridge.
- One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge.
- A new four-lane lift bridge was completed in stages from 1975 to 1982.
v.
- depart from the ground; take off
- CC1 was the "second" hovercraft to lift off in 1960.
- On 2 May the pilot let the aircraft lift off to under low thrust.
- To lose enough weight to lift off, the cast jettison their bodies.
v.
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; elate; uplift; pick up; intoxicate
- take and lift upward; pick up; gather up
- Visitors rode the ski lift up from the base of the adjacent Ski Beech.
- Hatch covers can slide forwards, backwards, or to the side, lift up or fold up.
- The nose did lift up however with the tail of the plane nearly struck the ground.
n.
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill; ski tow; lift
- The force reached the lower ski lift at around 21:00.
- Israel also constructed an approach road and a ski lift.
- The first ski lift was launched in 1984.
E.g.
- This is in place to line up with the chain on the lift hill.
- After dispatch, the train is pulled backwards up the lift hill.
- Trains then make a left hand turn and climb the second lift hill.
E.g.
- This will lift the siege on Fancheng."
- The next day, three Malian army units gave up trying to lift the siege.
- The defeated Manchu lift the siege the following month (on 3 April 1655).
E.g.
- It was the world's largest heavy lift shipping company.
- These included heavy lift vessels, ferries, and offshore vessels.
- Built as one of four early heavy lift ships for DDG Hansa, she was designed to carry locomotives and other large cargo.
E.g.
- A gondola lift runs 2100 m and surface lifts support skiers.
- The gondola lift has four stations:
- In 2013 the "Auenfeldjet", a gondola lift for 10 persons, was linked to it.
E.g.
- Kunitomo developed agricultural applications of these technologies, such as a giant pump powered by an ox, to lift irrigation water.
- Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, its farthest upstream influence is at the confluence of the Pranhita and Godavari rivers.
- Yediyurappa’s statement about releasing Krishna waters from Tubchi-Babalad lift irrigation scheme to Maharashtra, and yet again, raised the demand for separate Statehood for north Karnataka if the region is neglected.
E.g.
- It included a long vertical lift span.
- A vertical lift bridge over the Red River connects Selkirk with the smaller town of East Selkirk.