lift - Meaning in Tamil

lift - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of lift in English

lift noun

1. a ride in a car

   Example

   • "he gave me a lift home"
2. the act of raising something

   Examples

   • "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
   • "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
3. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
4. the event of something being raised upward

   Examples

   • "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
   • "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"
5. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
6. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
7. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
8. lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
9. the act of giving temporary assistance
10. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

    Example

    • "some actresses have more than one face lift"
11. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
12. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

lift verb

1. take (root crops) out of the ground

   Example

   • "lift potatoes"
2. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

   Example

   • "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
3. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

   Example

   • "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
4. take hold of something and move it to a different location

   Example

   • "lift the box onto the table"
5. move upward

   Examples

   • "The fog lifted"
   • "The mist uprose from the meadows"
   • "The smoke arose from the forest fire"
6. move upwards

   Example

   • "lift one's eyes"
7. raise from a lower to a higher position

   Examples

   • "Lift a load"
   • "Raise your hands"
8. make off with belongings of others
9. take illegally

   Example

   • "rustle cattle"
10. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
11. pay off (a mortgage)
12. rise up

    Example

    • "The building rose before them"
13. make audible

    Example

    • "He lifted a war whoop"
14. cancel officially

    Examples

    • "He revoked the ban on smoking"
    • "lift an embargo"
    • "vacate a death sentence"
15. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
16. invigorate or heighten

    Examples

    • "lift his ego"
    • "lift my spirits"
17. raise in rank or condition

    Example

    • "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
18. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

    Example

    • "The floor is lifting slowly"
19. put an end to

    Examples

    • "lift a ban"
    • "raise a siege"
20. remove (hair) by scalping
21. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

    Example

    • "lift the tulip bulbs"
22. take off or away by decreasing

    Example

    • "lift the pressure"
23. remove from a surface

    Example

    • "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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