Lift

Noun

 * 1)  air.
 * 2)  sky, the heavens, firmament; atmosphere.

Synonyms

 * air
 * atmosphere

Verb

 * 1)  To raise.
 * 2) * 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
 * 1)  To steal.
 * 2)  To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
 * 1)  To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Derived terms

 * lift-off

Noun

 * 1) An act of lifting or raising.
 * 2) The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
 * He gave me a lift to the bus station.
 * 1)  Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
 * Take the lift to the fourth floor.
 * 1) An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
 * 2)  the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
 * 3)  A thief.
 * 4) * 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 32:
 * The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
 * 1)  The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
 * 2) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

Synonyms

 * elevator
 * ride
 * uplift

Adverbs for Lift
momentarily; stalwartly; vigorously; feebly; reverently;   instinctively;    responsively; daintily; involuntarily; alertly; simultaneously; perceptibly; stealthily.

Thesaurus
Caelus, Great Leap Forward, Olympian heights, Sunday drive, a leg up, abstract, acculturate, acme, advance, advancement, aerial heights, aerosphere, aggrandize, aid, air, airing, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, amortize, and, annex, annul, apex, appropriate, arise, ascend, ascent, aspire, assist, assistance, atmosphere, azure, bag, bang, be poised, bear, better, bettering, betterment, billow, biosphere, blue sky, boost, boot, bore, borrow, break, breakers, bring forward, buoy up, burglary, caelum, cancel, canopy, canopy of heaven, caper, carry, cast up, cerulean, charge, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, civilize, clear, comb, comber, comfort, conduct, confiscate, convey, cop, cope, copy, crab, crane, crash, crib, dash, defraud, deify, derrick, dignify, dirty water, disappear, discharge, discontinue, dismantle, dissipate, dizzy heights, drive, dumbwaiter, eagre, ebb and flow, ecosphere, edify, educate, elate, elevate, elevation, elevator, embezzle, emend, eminence, empyrean, encouragement, end, enhance, enhancement, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, enrichment, enshrine, erect, erector, escalate, escalator, ether, eugenics, euthenics, exalt, extort, fatten, favor, filch, firmament, flush, fly, forklift, forward, foster, freight, furtherance, gantry crane, gaseous envelope, go straight, grab, gravity wave, ground swell, hand, headway, heave, heaven, heavens, heavy sea, heavy swell, heft, height, heighten, heights, heist, helping hand, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, honor, hook, hyaline, hydraulic tailgate, immortalize, improve, improve upon, improvement, inducement, inspiration, jack, jackscrew, jerk up, job, jollies, joyride, kick, knock up, larceny, lard, leg, leg up, lever, levitate, liberate, lift up, lifter, lifts, liquidate, lob, loft, lop, lug, magnify, make accounts square, make an improvement, make off with, manhandle, meliorate, melioration, mend, mending, mount, moving staircase, nick, nip, noosphere, nurture, pack, palm, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, peak, perk up, pick up, pickup, pilfer, pinch, plagiarize, poach, pocket, popple, preferment, progress, progression, promote, promotion, purloin, purloining, quiver, raise, raise up, rear, rear up, reassurance, recall, recovery, redeem, refine upon, reform, relief, repeal, rescind, restoration, retire, reverse, revival, ride, riffle, rip-off, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rising ground, robbery, rocket, roll, roller, rough water, run away with, rush, rush of emotion, rustle, satisfy, scend, scrounge, sea, send, sensation, set up, settle, shiver, shoplift, shudder, sky, smash, snare, snatch, snitch, soar, socialize, spin, square, square accounts, starry heaven, steal, stealage, stealing, steep, stick up, stimulus, stop, straighten out, stratosphere, strike a balance, succor, support, surf, surge, surge of emotion, swell, swindle, swipe, tackle, take, take away, take up, terminate, the blue, the blue serene, theft, thieve, thievery, thieving, thrill, throw up, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, tingle, tingling, titillation, toss, tote, touch, tower, transfigure, transform, transport, tremor, tremor of excitement, trough, tsunami, undulate, undulation, up, upbeat, upbuoy, upcast, upgrade, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upping, upraise, uprear, uprise, upswing, upthrow, uptrend, upward mobility, vanish, vantage ground, vantage point, vault, vault of heaven, void, waft, walk off with, water wave, wave, wavelet, welkin, whirl, whisk, white horses, whitecaps, windlass, wing, withdraw, zenith

Etymology 1
From lifte:, luft:, lefte:, from  lyft:, from, from. Cognate with luft:,  lucht:,  lopt:. More at.

Etymology 2
From lypta: (Danish løfte:), cognates include German lüften:

Noun

 * Afrikaans: oplig
 * Assamese: Uthua
 * Crimean Tatar: kötermek
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: levar
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, levare
 * Latgalian:


 * Latvian: celt
 * Macedonian: крева, дига
 * Malay: angkat
 * Norwegian:, heve
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: поднимать, поднять
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: zdvihnúť, zodvihnúť
 * Sotho: phahamisa
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Danish:
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: дига


 * Norwegian:
 * Sotho: utswa
 * Swedish: snatta

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: مصعد
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 升降機, 升降机
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , személyfelvonó
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, リフト
 * Korean: 엘리베이터, 승강기 (昇降機)
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: lif
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, элеватор
 * Scottish Gaelic: lioft
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: лифт
 * Roman: lift
 * Slovak: ,
 * Sotho: lefite
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: saamrygeleentheid
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian: passaggio (He gave me a lift to the station - Mi ha dato un passaggio alla stazione)


 * Macedonian: префрлање, одвезување
 * Norwegian: skyss
 * Polish: podwiezienie
 * Scottish Gaelic:, lioft
 * Sotho: lefite
 * Swedish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:


 * : dizalica

Anagrams

 * flit

Noun

 * 1) The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride
 * 2) boost

Noun

 * 1) carrycot
 * 2) elevator
 * 3) lift

Noun

 * 1) an elevator
 * 2) The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride

Noun

 * 1) lift, elevator

Synonyms

 * felvonó
 * páternoszter

Derived terms

 * személyzeti lift (lift/elevator for staff)
 * beteglift (lift/elevator for patients in hospitals)

Noun

 * 1) lift / elevator operator
 * 2)  topspin

Derived terms

 * liftare

Noun

 * 1) lift
 * 2) elevator

Etymology
From lift:.

Noun

 * 1) an elevator, lift

Noun

 * 1) elevator
 * 2) altitude adjustor