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liftnoun an act or instance of helpingthe company's senior vice president gave his son a much-needed lift up the corporate ladder abetment, aid, assist, assistance, backing, boost, hand, help, helping hand, leg up, support advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturancebenefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorshipadvice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoringattendance, attention, hand-holding, servicebeneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropyassuagement, palliation, relief, succor hindrance constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraintdeterrence, discouragement a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by anotherI'll need a lift to work while my car is in the shop ride, transportation drive, spin, turnjoyrideconveyance, passage, transit, transport liftverbto move from a lower to a higher place or positionI needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), perk (up), pick up, raise, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraise ascend, mount, riserear, upend drop, lower descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slipbear, depress, press, pushsink, submerge to move or extend upwardonce the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field arise, ascend, aspire, climb, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn surge, towerboost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraiseballoon, blast off, take off, zoomcrest, scale, surmount, topcant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide to take (something) without right and with an intent to keepshe turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse appropriate, boost(slang), filch, heist, hook, misappropriate, nick(British slang), nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present v.lift, raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position.lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight.lift the chair while I vacuum raise carries a stronger implication of bringing up to the vertical or to a high position.scouts raising a flagpole rear may add an element of suddenness to raise.suddenly reared itself up on its hind legs elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied.elevated the taste of the public hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means.hoisted the cargo on board heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain.heaved the heavy crate inside boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push.boosted his brother over the fence before the 12th century |