lift

to move someone or something up to a higher place, or to go up

To cause to move upwards.

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

(informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.

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

To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

(slang) To steal.

(slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

(slang) To arrest (a person).

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1, noun 20)

To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

(Scotland) To disperse, to break up.

To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.

(no longer used) To bear; to support.

An act of lifting or raising.

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

(UK, Australia) A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

Any technique for lifting weights.

The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.

(figurative) An improvement in mood.

The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

A rise; a degree of elevation.

The amount or weight to be lifted.

A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.

A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

A liftgate.

A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

(slang, historical) A thief.

(dialect, UK) Air.

(dialect, UK) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.