A Quick and Simple Dictionary

lift

1. Noun.  (context, UK) Air.
2. Noun.  (context, UK) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
3. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To raise.
4. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To steal.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
6. Verb.  (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
7. Verb.  (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
8. Noun.  An act of lifting or raising.
9. Noun.  The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
10. Noun.  (Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
11. Noun.  An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
12. Noun.  (context, measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
13. Noun.  (context, historical) A thief.
14. Noun.  (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
15. Noun.  Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.