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

n. a closure at the rear of a vehicle that can be mechanically raised during loading and unloading of cargo; "He loaded the heavy lumber onto the truck with the liftgate."

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

n. the act of giving temporary assistance

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

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

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"

v. to train physically using weights; "He began to weight-train to improve his athletic performance."

v. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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

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

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

v. remove (hair) by scalping

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

v. take illegally; "rustle cattle"

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

v. pay off (a mortgage)

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