English to English
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
source: WordNet 3.0
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
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- the event of something being raised upward
An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon.
A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity.
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- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
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- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
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- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
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- 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
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- 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.
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- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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- a ride in a car
He gave me a lift home.
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- the act of raising something
He responded with a lift of his eyebrow.
Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up.
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- The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
source: Webster 1913
- Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- raise from a lower to a higher position
Raise your hands.
Lift a load.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
Lift the box onto the table.
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- move upwards
Lift one's eyes.
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- move upward
The fog lifted.
The smoke arose from the forest fire.
The mist uprose from the meadows.
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- make audible
He lifted a war whoop.
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- cancel officially
He revoked the ban on smoking.
Lift an embargo.
Vacate a death sentence.
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- make off with belongings of others
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- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car.
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- invigorate or heighten
Lift my spirits.
Lift his ego.
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- raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty.
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- take off or away by decreasing
Lift the pressure.
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- rise up
The building rose before them.
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- pay off (a mortgage)
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- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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- take illegally
Rustle cattle.
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- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Food is airlifted into Bosnia.
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- take (root crops) out of the ground
Lift potatoes.
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- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
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- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
The floor is lifting slowly.
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- put an end to
Lift a ban.
Raise a siege.
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- remove (hair) by scalping
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- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Lift the tulip bulbs.
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- remove from a surface
The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table.
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- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
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- To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
source: Webster 1913
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [lift] Pagtataas; pagbuhat
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [lift] Itaas; buhatin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
