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Nouns (16)

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

n. the act of giving temporary assistance

n. 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

lift, rise

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

heave, lift, raise, elevation

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

lift, ski lift, ski tow

n. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

lift, 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 (70)

v. raise; "up the ante"

lift

v. remove from a surface, of fingerprints

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. remove (hair) by scalping

lift

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

lift

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

lift

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

lift

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

lift

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

lift

v. pay off (a mortgage)

lift, face-lift

v. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

lift, airlift

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

lift, take and move

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

lift, raise

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

lift, rustle

v. take illegally; "rustle cattle"

lift, raise, elevate

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

lift, wind, hoist

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

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

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

lift, rise, rear, rise up

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

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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

lift, rise, go up, come up, ascend, move up

v. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

pinch, hook, lift, swipe, abstract, cabbage, sneak, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, make off with, filch

v. make off with belongings of others

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (328)

way

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

reassurance

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

block, pulley, pulley-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"

take off, doff

v. remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

lift, raise, elevate

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

tilt, lean, slant, tip, angle

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

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

lift, raise

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

lift, wind, hoist

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"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

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

lift, wind, hoist

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"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

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

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

lift, wind, hoist

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"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

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

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

lift, raise

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

lift, wind, hoist

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

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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

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

v. add details to

take off, doff

v. remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

lift

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

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

tilt, lean, slant, tip, angle

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

enlarge, magnify, blow up

v. make large; "blow up an image"

animate, enliven, invigorate, inspire, exalt

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

jump, rise, climb up

v. rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

increase

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

brace, arouse, stimulate, energize, energise, perk up

v. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

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"

counterfeit, fake, forge

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

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

abuse, misuse, pervert

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

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

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"

lift, raise

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

lift, raise

v. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

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"

hover, levitate

v. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

uplift

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

heave, heft, heave up, 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, shove upward, push upward

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, spring, bound

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

rise, climb, go up

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

rise, arise, develop, originate, spring up

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"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

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

jump, derail, run off the rails

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

march, hike

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

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

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

shove, jostle

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

shove, push roughly, push along

v. push along

thrust, shove, squeeze, stuff

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

scale

v. climb up by means of a ladder

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scale, surmount

v. reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

spiral, coil, gyrate

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

mount, get on, bestride, mount up, climb on, hop on, jump on

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

twiddle, twirl, whirl, swirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

whirl, purl, eddy, whirlpool, swirl, gurge

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

twine, grow upward

v. grow upward

spin, twirl, whirl, birl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

tumble, whirl, skirl, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

spiral, corkscrew

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

void, invalidate, vitiate, make invalid

v. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

invalidate, nullify

v. show to be invalid

cancel, invalidate

v. make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"

void, invalidate, nullify, annul, avoid, quash

v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

abrogate, revoke formally

v. revoke formally

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

withdraw, take back, unsay

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

veto, interdict, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, disallow

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

take

v. take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

sponge, grub, bum, cadge, mooch

v. ask for and get free; be a parasite

borrow, get temporarily

v. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

leech, bleed, phlebotomize

v. draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (41)

bring, convey

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"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (56)

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

raise, call up, arouse, evoke, conjure, invoke, call forth

v. call to arms; of military personnel

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

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

give, kick in, contribute, chip in, make a contribution

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

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

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

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

sink, descend into some soft substance

v. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

flop, fall suddenly

v. fall suddenly and abruptly

drop, fall vertically

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

fell, drop, cut down, strike down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

plunk, dive, plunge

v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

assume, take over, usurp, arrogate

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

lift up

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