Synonym: elevate, hoist, pick up, raise. Antonym: lower. Similar words: shift, fifth, drift, fifty, gifted, life, fifteen, cliff. Meaning: [lɪft] 
n. 1. the act of giving temporary assistance 2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity 3. the event of something being raised upward 4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground 5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill 6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg 7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot 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. 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 10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) 11. a ride in a car 12. the act of raising something. v. 1. raise from a lower to a higher position 2. take hold of something and move it to a different location 3. move upwards 4. move upward 5. make audible 6. annul by recalling or rescinding 7. make off with belongings of others 8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help 9. invigorate or heighten 10. raise in rank or condition 11. take off or away by decreasing 12. rise up 13. pay off (a mortgage) 14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property 15. take illegally 16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means 17. take (root crops) out of the ground 18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs 19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture 20. put an end to 21. remove (hair) by scalping 22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery 23. remove from a surface 24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.
n. 1. the act of giving temporary assistance 2. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity 3. the event of something being raised upward 4. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground 5. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill 6. a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg 7. one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot 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. 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 10. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) 11. a ride in a car 12. the act of raising something. v. 1. raise from a lower to a higher position 2. take hold of something and move it to a different location 3. move upwards 4. move upward 5. make audible 6. annul by recalling or rescinding 7. make off with belongings of others 8. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help 9. invigorate or heighten 10. raise in rank or condition 11. take off or away by decreasing 12. rise up 13. pay off (a mortgage) 14. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property 15. take illegally 16. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means 17. take (root crops) out of the ground 18. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs 19. rise upward, as from pressure or moisture 20. put an end to 21. remove (hair) by scalping 22. remove from a seedbed or from a nursery 23. remove from a surface 24. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face. 
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31. The lift won't move if the safety gate isn't shut properly.
32. The hotel has a private lift linking it to the beach.
33. When we accepted that lift in Paris, we never expected to land up in Athens.
34. We have to walk up, for there is no lift.
35. Temptation comes to all of us,whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise,sometimes it arrives in a form of an old flame,flichering back to lift,or a new friend who could end up being so much more,or a young child who wakens feelings we didn't know we had.And so we give in to temptation all the while knowing come moring,we'll have to suffer the consequences.
36. This suitcase is too heavy for the child to lift.
37. She has a recurring nightmare about being stuck in a lift.
38. We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.
39. Hang on with your hands, I will lift you up.
40. I managed to beg a lift from a passing motorist.
41. They hitched a lift.
42. Fear not that the lift shall come to an end ,[sentencedict.com]but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.——J.H.
43. He was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft.
44. The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago.
45. The government has agreed to lift restrictions on press freedom.
46. The little boy hasn't the strength to lift that heavy box.
47. If you're unlucky enough to get trapped in a lift, remember not to panic.
48. The hem of her skirt was nipped in the door of the lift.
49. Lift up your head princess, if not, the crown falls.
50. As chance would have it he was going to London as well and was able to give me a lift.
51. The lift was not operating properly.
52. To-gether they were able to lift the sofa.
53. Thank you for giving me a lift.
54. There is a lift to all floors.
55. The luggage was shunted slowly into the lift.
56. They took the lift to the fourth floor.
57. It's on the sixth floor-let's take the lift.
58. We took the lift down to the ground floor.
59. The box is too heavy for me to lift.
60. It's too expensive to lift the freeze on pay.