The noun lift has 12 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) lift -- (the act of giving temporary assistance)
2. aerodynamic lift, lift -- (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity)
3. elevation, lift, raising -- (the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity")
4. lift, rise -- (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground)
5. ski tow, ski lift, lift -- (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill)
6. lift -- (a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg)
7. lift -- (one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot)
8. elevator, lift -- (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)
9. face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck -- (plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift")
10. airlift, lift -- (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))
11. lift -- (a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home")
12. lift, raise, heave -- (the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up")
Overview of verb lift
The verb lift has 24 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (32) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up -- (raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load")
2. (10) lift -- (take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table")
4. (2) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")
5. (2) lift -- (make audible; "He lifted a war whoop")
6. (2) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")
7. (1) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
8. (1) hoist, lift, wind -- (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")
9. (1) raise, lift -- (invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego")
10. (1) lift, raise, elevate -- (raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty")
11. (1) lift -- (take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure")
12. rise, lift, rear -- (rise up; "The building rose before them")
13. lift -- (pay off (a mortgage))
14. plagiarize, plagiarise, lift -- (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)