lift

Noun

lift (usually uncountable; plural lifts)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scottish) air.
2. (dialectal, chiefly Scottish) sky, the heavens, firmament; atmosphere.

Synonyms

• (gas or vapour breathed): air
• (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere
• (the heavens, sky): welkin

Verb

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.
   • 1960 P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI:

     “Wilbert Cream is a ... what's the word?” I referred to the letter. “A kleptomaniac [...] Does any thought occur to you?” “It most certainly does. I am thinking of your uncle's collection of old silver.” “Me, too.” “It presents a grave temptation to the unhappy young man.” “I don't know that I'd call him unhappy. He probably thoroughly enjoys lifting the stuff.”

3. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Derived terms

• lift-off

Lift

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