n. 25B6; verb
lift the pack on to your back : RAISE, hoist, heave, haul up, uplift, heft, raise up/aloft, upraise, elevate, hold high; pick up, grab, take up, scoop up, snatch up; winch up, jack up, lever up; informal hump; poetic/literary upheave.
the news lifted his spirits : BOOST, raise, buoy up, elevate, cheer up, perk up, uplift, brighten up, ginger up, gladden, encourage, stimulate, revive; informal buck up.
they lift their game on big occasions : IMPROVE, boost, enhance, revitalize, upgrade, ameliorate.
the fog had lifted : CLEAR, rise, disperse, dissipate, disappear, vanish, dissolve.
the ban has been lifted : CANCEL, remove, withdraw, revoke, rescind, annul, void, discontinue, end, stop, terminate.
lifting carrots : DIG UP, pick, pull up, root out, unearth.
the RAF lifted them to safety : AIRLIFT, transport by air, fly.
he lifted his voice : AMPLIFY, raise, make louder, increase.
(informal) he lifted sections from a 1986 article : PLAGIARIZE, pirate, copy, reproduce, poach; informal crib, rip off.
(informal) she lifted a wallet. : See steal verb sense 1.
drop, put down.
25B6; noun
Alice went up in the lift : ELEVATOR, paternoster (lift); dumb waiter.
give me a lift up : PUSH, hoist, heave, thrust, shove.
he gave me a lift to the airport : (CAR) RIDE, run, drive.
that goal will give his confidence a real lift : BOOST, fillip, stimulus, impetus, encouragement, spur, push; improvement, enhancement; informal shot in the arm.
25A0; lift off TAKE OFF, become airborne, take to the air, take wing; be launched, blast off.