Noun

Singular lift

Plural usually uncountable; plural lifts

lift (usually uncountable; plural lifts)

1. (Scottish) Air.
2. (Scottish) The sky; the heavens, firmament; the atmosphere.

Synonyms

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• air
• atmosphere

Verb

Infinitive to lift

Third person singular lifts

Simple past lifted

Past participle lifted

Present participle lifting

to lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past and past participle lifted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To raise.
2. (transitive, slang) To steal.
3. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Derived terms

• lift-off

Lift may mean:

• Lift (force), a mechanical force generated by an object moving through a fluid
• Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight
• Lift (soft drink), a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company
• Lift (data mining), a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population
• Airlift, in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft
• Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing
• Hitchhiking, a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller
• Plastic surgery, surgery to "lift" the skin:
  • Rhytidectomyor a "face lift", a type of plastic surgery.
  • Mastopexy or a "breast lift", a type of plastic surgery.