lift

lift
v
1. hoist, heave, upheave, boost, pull up, pry up, lever; elevate, raise, raise up, upraise, uplift, set up, put up, place up, pick up, set upright, upright, set on its feet, stand [s.t.] up; cast up, thrust up, hold up, uphold, raise high, loft, bear aloft; display on high, manifest, show, show off, exhibit, wave, flaunt, brandish, blazon.
2. remove, withdraw, eliminate, take away, do away with; rescind, cancel, void, annul, take back; stop, end, terminate, cease, desist, put an end or a stop to.
3. exalt, extol, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, place on a pedestal, deify, immortalize; aggrandize, inflate, puff up; enhance, improve, better, meliorate, ameliorate, avail, upgrade, promote, advance; moralize, purify, chasten, sublimate.
4. amplify, louden, magnify, enlarge, make louder or greater; trumpet, blast, blare, scream, shout, call.
5. plagiarize, copy, imitate, get from someone or somewhere else, abstract, Inf. crib, Euph. borrow; take, appropriate, expropriate, steal, pirate, purloin, filch.
6. rise, mount, climb, go up, wind upward; take off, lift off, leave the ground, levitate, buoy, float, fly, soar.
7. heft, pull, tug; strain, struggle, strive, labor, exert oneself.
8. ascend, arise, come up, come over the horizon, peep out or up from, peek out or up from; emerge, break, appear, materialize, show up, pop up, come into view or sight.
n
9. raising, upheaval, escalation; ascent, ascension, mounting, climbing, rising, rise, levitation; soaring, flying, shooting or springing up, jump.
10. elevation, altitude, height, climb, distance.
11. buoyancy, lifting power or force; acceleration, Auto. pickup.
12. hoist, push, shove, heave, thrust, heave ho, a hand, a helping hand; help, assistance, aid, abettal, support.
13. ride, drive, way, means of transportation or transport, conveyance; piggy-back ride, ride on one's shoulders, carriage.
14. uplift, upliftment, uplifting sensation, upraiser, emotional or psychological boost, encouragement, inspiration, hope; Inf. pick-me-up, Inf. pickup, Inf. picker-upper. Inf. shot in the arm, Pharm. booster; exaltation, loftiness, bliss, rapture.
15. pulley, crane, winch, windlass, block and tackle, tackle, Mach. block, Mach. derrick. See alsolifter.
16. incline, inclination, acclivity, grade, gradient, slope, upslope, uprising; hill, hillock, knoll, dune, mound, mount, mountain.

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