face-lift
lift
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
raise
heave
the act of raising something
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
firemen learn several different raises for getting ladders up
remove from a surface
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
take off or away by decreasing
lift the pressure
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
lift the tulip bulbs
remove (hair) by scalping
a ride in a car
he gave me a lift home
airlift
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
put an end to a situation
lift a ban
raise a siege
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
The floor is lifting slowly
elevate
raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty
invigorate or heighten
lift my spirits
lift his ego
face lift
facelift
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
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
revoke
annul
countermand
reverse
repeal
overturn
rescind
vacate
cancel officially
He revoked the ban on smoking
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
make audible
He lifted a war whoop
the act of giving temporary assistance
take (root crops) out of the ground
lift potatoes
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
hoist
wind
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
take hold of something and move it to a different location
lift the box onto the table
rise
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
move upwards
lift one's eyes
get up
bring up
raise from a lower to a higher position
Raise your hands
Lift a load
pilfer
cabbage
purloin
pinch
abstract
snarf
swipe
hook
sneak
filch
nobble
make off with belongings of others
rustle
take illegally
rustle cattle
plagiarize
plagiarise
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
pay off (a mortgage)
rear
rise up
The building rose before them
elevator
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
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
ski tow
ski lift
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
elevation
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
aerodynamic lift
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity