I. verb
1.
to remove from a lower to a higher place or position
lifted the sack to his shoulder
Synonyms: elevate, hoist, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear
Related Word: arise, ascend, levitate, mount, rise, rocket, soar, surge, tower; aggrandize, exalt, magnify
Contrasted words: decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce; abase, debase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate; depress, oppress, weigh
Antonyms: lower
2.
Synonyms: revoke 2, dismantle, recall, repeal, rescind, reverse
Antonyms: invoke
3.
Synonyms: steal 1, ||cop, filch, hook, nip, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snitch, swipe
4.
Synonyms: rise 4, arise, ascend, aspire, mount, soar, up, uprear
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: theft , larceny, pinch, purloining, steal, stealage, stealing, thievery, thieving, ||touch
2.
Synonyms: help 1, aid, assist, assistance, comfort, hand, relief, secours, succor, support