transitive verb

1. to bring up to a higher position; raise
2. to pick up and move or set lift the box down from the shelf
3. to hold up; support high in the air
4. to raise in rank, condition, dignity, spirits, etc.; bring to a higher level; elevate; exalt
5. to pay off (a mortgage, debt, etc.)
6. to end (a blockade, siege, etc.) by withdrawing forces
7. to revoke or rescind (a ban or order)
8. to loosen and remove (bulbs, seedlings, or root crops) from the soil
9. Informal to remove from its proper place; esp., to plagiarize to lift a passage from another writer
10. Slang to steal
11. to subject to a face-lift
12. to transport, esp. by aircraft
13. Golf to pick (a ball) up, as from an unplayable position
14. Mil. to change the direction of or cease (fire)

Etymology: ME liften < ON lypta < lopt, air, akin to OE lyft, Ger luft, Du lucht

intransitive verb

1. to exert strength in raising or trying to raise something
2. to rise and vanish; be dispelled the fog lifted
3. to become raised or elevated; go up
4. to stop for a time

noun

1. a lifting, raising, or rising; upward movement
2. the amount lifted at one time
3. 1. the distance through which something is lifted
   2. the extent of rise or elevation
4. lifting power or influence
5. elevation of spirits or mood
6. elevated position or carriage, as of the neck, head, etc.
7. a ride in the direction in which one is going
8. help of any kind
9. a swell or rise in the ground
10. the means by which a person or thing is lifted; specif.,
    1. any layer of leather in the heel of a shoe
    2. Brit. elevator
    3. any of various devices used to transport people up or down a slope
    4. a device for lifting an automobile for repairs
11. Aeron. the component of total air force acting on a body, as an airfoil or wing, which is perpendicular to the direction of flight and is exerted, normally, in an upward direction
12. Mining a set of pumps in a mine