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Nouns (9)

lift

n. the act of giving temporary assistance

lift

n. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

lift

n. a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"

lift

n. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

rise

n. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

raise, heave

n. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

elevation, raising

n. the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

Verbs (27)

lift

v. take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"

lift

v. take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"

lift

v. make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"

lift

v. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

lift

v. pay off (a mortgage)

lift

v. remove (hair) by scalping

lift

v. remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

lift

v. take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"

lift

v. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

lift

v. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"

airlift

v. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

raise

v. put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

rustle

v. take illegally; "rustle cattle"

raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

face-lift

v. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

rise, rear

v. rise up; "The building rose before them"

hoist, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

raise, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

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Fuzzynyms (153)

reassurance

n. the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

way

n. a journey or passage; "they are on the way"

pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block

n. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

support

n. any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"

promotion

n. act of raising in rank or position

shove

n. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

recreate

v. create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"

doff

v. remove; "He doffed his hat"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

uplift

v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

hoist, lift, wind

v. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

v. add details to

doff

v. remove; "He doffed his hat"

lift

v. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

blow up, enlarge, magnify

v. make large; "blow up an image"

leap, jump

v. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

stimulate, excite

v. act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

forge, fake, counterfeit

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

imitate

v. make a reproduction or copy of

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up

v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

hijack

v. seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"

plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

appropriate, seize, take possession of, take over

v. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

raise

v. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

raise

v. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"

lift, raise

v. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

uplift

v. lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"

heave, heave up, heft, heft up

v. lift or elevate

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

boost

v. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

jump, leap, jump off

v. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

rise, go up, climb

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

v. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

startle, jump, start

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

derail, jump

v. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

jostle, shove

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

shove

v. push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

Synonyms (3)

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

Antonyms (18)

raise

v. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"

raise

v. establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down

v. move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

contribute, give, chip in, kick in

v. contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

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