lifting Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb raise from a lower to a higher position
   elevate; get up; lift; bring up; raise.
   
   • Raise your hands
   • Lift a load
2. verb take hold of something and move it to a different location
   lift.
   
   • lift the box onto the table
3. verb move upwards
   lift; raise.
   
   • lift one's eyes
4. verb move upward
   come up; rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise; move up.
   
   • The fog lifted
   • The smoke arose from the forest fire
   • The mist uprose from the meadows
5. verb make audible
   lift.
   
   • He lifted a war whoop
6. verb cancel officially
   annul; revoke; reverse; countermand; lift; vacate; overturn; repeal; rescind.
   
   • He revoked the ban on smoking
   • lift an embargo
   • vacate a death sentence
7. verb make off with belongings of others
   pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
   
8. verb raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   lift; hoist; wind.
   
   • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
9. verb invigorate or heighten
   lift; raise.
   
   • lift my spirits
   • lift his ego
10. verb raise in rank or condition
    elevate; lift; raise.
    
    • The new law lifted many people from poverty
11. verb take off or away by decreasing
    lift.
    
    • lift the pressure
12. verb rise up
    lift; rise; rear.
    
    • The building rose before them
13. verb pay off (a mortgage)
    lift.
    
14. verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
    plagiarize; lift; plagiarise.
    
15. verb take illegally
    lift; rustle.
    
    • rustle cattle
16. verb fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
    lift; airlift.
    
    • Food is airlifted into Bosnia
17. verb take (root crops) out of the ground
    lift.
    
    • lift potatoes
18. verb call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
    lift.
    
19. verb rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
    lift.
    
    • The floor is lifting slowly
20. verb put an end to
    lift; raise.
    
    • lift a ban
    • raise a siege
21. verb remove (hair) by scalping
    lift.
    
22. verb remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
    lift.
    
    • lift the tulip bulbs
23. verb remove from a surface
    lift.
    
    • the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
24. verb perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
    face-lift; lift.
    

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