Lift

1. to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist. 2. to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one's head. 3. to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax: a court decision to lift the ban on strikes by teachers. 4. to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.): The citizenry will have to conserve food and water until the siege against the city is lifted. 5. to hold up or display on high. 6. to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt (sometimes used reflexively): His first book lifted him from obscurity. By hard work they lifted themselves from poverty. 7. to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced: The congregation lifted their voices in song. 8. to transfer from one setting to another: For the protagonist of the new play, the author has lifted a character from an early novel. 9. Informal. to plagiarize: Whole passages had been lifted from another book. 10. Informal. to steal: His wallet was lifted on the crowded subway. 11. airlift (def 5). 12. to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting. 13. Horology. (of an escape wheel) to move (a pallet) by moving along the outer, oblique face. 14. to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.). 15. Golf. to pick up (the ball), as to move it from an unplayable lie. 16. to perform a surgical face lifting on. 17. Shipbuilding. to transfer (measurements and the like) from a drawing, model, etc., to a piece being built. to form (a template) according to a drawing, model, etc. 18. to cease temporarily from directing (fire or bombardment) on an objective or area: They lifted the fire when the infantry began to advance. 19. Fox Hunting. to take (hounds) from the line of a fox to where it has just been seen.