lift [lift] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lift [lift]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: transportation
Synonyms: car ride, drive, journey, passage, ride, run, transport
Main Entry: lift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move upwards; ascend
Synonyms: arise, aspire, bear aloft, boost, bring up, build up, buoy up, climb, come up, disappear, disperse, dissipate, draw up, elevate, erect, goose, heft, hike, hike up, hoist, jack up, jump up, mount, move up, pick up, put up, raise, raise high, rear, rise, soar, take up, up, upheave, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vanish
Antonyms: descend, drop, lower
Main Entry: lift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: repeal, revoke
Synonyms: annul, cancel, countermand, dismantle, end, recall, relax, remove, rescind, reverse, stop, terminate
Antonyms: impose, set down
Example Sentences
  • The floats were constructed of plywood and designed so well that they provided additional lift when the plane was aloft.
  • The ultimate goal should be to lift up the entire system.
  • Fresh powder and no lift lines are two reasons to check out this mountain town.
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Main Entry: lift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: steal
Synonyms: abstract, appropriate, cop, copy, crib, filch, hook, nip, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, pocket, purloin, snitch, swipe, take, thieve
Antonyms: give, receive
Main Entry: lift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: promote, improve
Synonyms: advance, ameliorate, boost, build up, dignify, elevate, enhance, exalt, hike, jack up, raise, support, upgrade
Antonyms: demote, depress, dispirit, weaken
Main Entry: aid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: help, support
Synonyms: advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment
Notes: aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant
Antonyms: blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction
Main Entry: amend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve, correct
Synonyms: alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square*
Antonyms: blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen
Main Entry: appropriate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: steal
Synonyms: annex, borrow, clap, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp
Antonyms: bequeath, bestow, give, return
Main Entry: ascent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upward movement
Synonyms: ascendance, ascending, ascension, clambering, climb, climbing, lift, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, spring, take off
Antonyms: decline, descent, lowering
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