Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lift
8 of 24 senses of lift
Sense 1
raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
=> get up
=> jack, jack up
=> shoulder
=> kick up
=> hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
=> hoist, run up
=> hoist
=> pump
=> skid
=> pinnacle
=> chin, chin up
=> raise, leaven, prove
=> heighten
=> hike, hike up boost
=> pick up lift up gather up
=> rear, erect
Sense 2
lift
=> heave, heave up heft, heft up
=> pitchfork, fork
Sense 4
rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise
=> climb, climb up mount, go up
=> soar, soar up soar upwards, surge, zoom
=> go up
=> rocket, skyrocket
=> uplift
=> chandelle
=> steam
=> rise, come up uprise, ascend
Sense 6
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> renege, renege on renegue on go back on
Sense 8
hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
Sense 10
lift, raise, elevate
=> exalt
Sense 12
rise, lift, rear
=> loom, tower, hulk
Sense 14
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> crib
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lift
8 of 24 senses of lift
Sense 1
raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
=> get up
=> jack, jack up
=> shoulder
=> kick up
=> hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
=> trice, trice up
=> hoist, run up
=> hoist
=> pump
=> skid
=> pinnacle
=> chin, chin up
=> raise, leaven, prove
=> heighten
=> hike, hike up boost
=> pick up lift up gather up
=> rear, erect
=> pitch, set up
=> camp, camp down
=> prick up prick, cock up
Sense 2
lift
=> heave, heave up heft, heft up
=> upheave
=> weigh anchor
=> pitchfork, fork
Sense 4
rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise
=> climb, climb up mount, go up
=> scale
=> escalade
=> ramp
=> mountaineer
=> ride
=> soar, soar up soar upwards, surge, zoom
=> billow, wallow
=> cloud
=> go up
=> rocket, skyrocket
=> uplift
=> chandelle
=> steam
=> rise, come up uprise, ascend
Sense 6
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> renege, renege on renegue on go back on
Sense 8
hoist, lift, wind
=> trice, trice up
Sense 10
lift, raise, elevate
=> exalt
Sense 12
rise, lift, rear
=> loom, tower, hulk
Sense 14
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> crib
Entailment of verb lift
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb lift
24 senses of lift
Sense 1
raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
=> move displace
Also See-> lift up#1
Sense 2
lift
=> move displace
Sense 3
lift, raise
=> move displace
Sense 4
rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 5
lift
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
Sense 6
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> cancel, strike down
Sense 7
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
Sense 8
hoist, lift, wind
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
Sense 9
raise, lift
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 10
lift, raise, elevate
=> change, alter
Sense 11
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
Sense 12
rise, lift, rear
=> look appear, seem
Sense 13
lift
=> liquidate, pay off
Sense 14
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> steal
Sense 15
rustle, lift
=> steal
Sense 16
airlift, lift
=> fly
Sense 17
lift
=> dig, dig out
Sense 18
lift
=> call send for
Sense 19
lift
=> heave, buckle, warp
Sense 20
lift, raise
=> end terminate
Sense 21
lift
=> scalp
Sense 22
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
Sense 23
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
Sense 24
face-lift, lift
=> operate on operate
Familiarity of verb lift
lift used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 24)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lift
Sense 1
raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
=> move displace
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Sense 2
lift
=> move displace
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Sense 3
lift, raise
=> move displace
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Sense 4
rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise
=> travel, go move locomote
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Sense 5
lift
=> utter, emit, let out let loose
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Sense 6
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> cancel, strike down
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Sense 7
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
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Sense 8
hoist, lift, wind
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up
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Sense 9
raise, lift
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 10
lift, raise, elevate
=> change, alter
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Sense 11
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
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Sense 12
rise, lift, rear
=> look appear, seem
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Sense 13
lift
=> liquidate, pay off
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Sense 14
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> steal
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Sense 15
rustle, lift
=> steal
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Sense 16
airlift, lift
=> fly
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Sense 17
lift
=> dig, dig out
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Sense 18
lift
=> call send for
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Sense 19
lift
=> heave, buckle, warp
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Sense 20
lift, raise
=> end terminate
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Sense 21
lift
=> scalp
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Sense 22
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
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Sense 23
lift
=> remove, take take away withdraw
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Sense 24
face-lift, lift
=> operate on operate
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Grep of noun lifting
face lifting
heavy lifting
lifting device
shoplifting
table lifting
uplifting
weightlifting
Overview of verb lift
The verb lift has 24 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (32) raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up -- (raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load")
2. (10) lift -- (take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table")
3. (2) lift, raise -- (move upwards; "lift one's eyes")
4. (2) rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")
5. (2) lift -- (make audible; "He lifted a war whoop")
6. (2) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")
7. (1) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
8. (1) hoist, lift, wind -- (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")
9. (1) raise, lift -- (invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits", "lift his ego")
10. (1) lift, raise, elevate -- (raise in rank or condition: "The new law lifted many people from poverty")
11. (1) lift -- (take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure")
12. rise, lift, rear -- (rise up "The building rose before them")
13. lift -- (pay off as of mortgages)
14. plagiarize, plagiarise, lift -- (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)
15. rustle, lift -- (take illegally, as of cattle)
16. airlift, lift -- (fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means: "Food is airlifted into Bosnia")
17. lift -- (take out of the ground, of root crops; "lift potatoes")
18. lift -- (call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs)
19. lift -- (rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly")
20. lift, raise -- (put an end to as of a siege or a blockade; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege")
21. lift -- (remove by scalping, of hair)
22. lift -- (remove from a seedbed or form a nursery, as of bulbs)
23. lift -- (remove from a surface, of fingerprints)
24. face-lift, lift -- (perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face)
Overview of verb lift
The verb lift has 24 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (32) raise, lift, elevate, get up bring up -- (raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load")
2. (10) lift -- (take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table")
3. (2) lift, raise -- (move upwards; "lift one's eyes")
4. (2) rise, lift, arise, move up go up come up uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")
5. (2) lift -- (make audible; "He lifted a war whoop")
6. (2) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")
7. (1) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
8. (1) hoist, lift, wind -- (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")
9. (1) raise, lift -- (invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits", "lift his ego")
10. (1) lift, raise, elevate -- (raise in rank or condition: "The new law lifted many people from poverty")
11. (1) lift -- (take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure")
12. rise, lift, rear -- (rise up "The building rose before them")
13. lift -- (pay off as of mortgages)
14. plagiarize, plagiarise, lift -- (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)
15. rustle, lift -- (take illegally, as of cattle)
16. airlift, lift -- (fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means: "Food is airlifted into Bosnia")
17. lift -- (take out of the ground, of root crops; "lift potatoes")
18. lift -- (call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs)
19. lift -- (rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly")
20. lift, raise -- (put an end to as of a siege or a blockade; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege")
21. lift -- (remove by scalping, of hair)
22. lift -- (remove from a seedbed or form a nursery, as of bulbs)
23. lift -- (remove from a surface, of fingerprints)
24. face-lift, lift -- (perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face)
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