Lift vs. Loft

Liftverb

(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.

Liftverb

To steal.

Liftverb

(transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Liftverb

(transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

Liftverb

(transitive) to cause to move upwards.

Liftverb

To lift weights; to weight-lift.

Liftverb

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Liftverb

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

Liftverb

(obsolete) To bear; to support.

Liftverb

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Liftverb

To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

Liftverb

(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Liftnoun

An act of lifting or raising.

Liftnoun

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

Liftnoun

Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.

Liftnoun

An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

Liftnoun

(measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

Liftnoun

A thief.

Liftnoun

(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Liftnoun

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

Liftnoun

An improvement in mood.

Liftnoun

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

Liftnoun

A rise; a degree of elevation.

Liftnoun

A lift gate.

Liftnoun

(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Liftnoun

(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Liftnoun

(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Liftnoun

Air.

Liftnoun

The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Liftnoun

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Liftnoun

Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

Liftnoun

The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Liftnoun

Help; assistance, as by lifting.

Liftnoun

That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

Liftnoun

A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

Liftnoun

A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

Liftnoun

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; - used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Liftnoun

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Liftnoun

A layer of leather in the heel.

Liftnoun

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Liftnoun

A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement.

Liftverb

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; - said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

Liftverb

To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; - often with up.

Liftverb

To bear; to support.

Liftverb

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Liftverb

To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

Liftverb

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Liftverb

To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

Liftverb

To steal; also, to live by theft.

Liftnoun

the act of giving temporary assistance

Liftnoun

the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

Liftnoun

the event of something being raised upward;

Liftnoun

a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Liftnoun

a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

Liftnoun

a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

Liftnoun

one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

Liftnoun

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

Liftnoun

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;

Liftnoun

transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

Liftnoun

a ride in a car;

Liftnoun

the act of raising something;

Liftverb

raise from a lower to a higher position;

Liftverb

take hold of something and move it to a different location;

Liftverb

move upwards;

Liftverb

move upward;

Liftverb

make audible;

Liftverb

annul by recalling or rescinding;

Liftverb

make off with belongings of others

Liftverb

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;

Liftverb

invigorate or heighten;

Liftverb

raise in rank or condition;

Liftverb

take off or away by decreasing;

Liftverb

rise up;

Liftverb

pay off (a mortgage)

Liftverb

take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

Liftverb

take illegally;

Liftverb

fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;

Liftverb

take (root crops) out of the ground;

Liftverb

call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

Liftverb

rise upward, as from pressure or moisture;

Liftverb

put an end to;

Liftverb

remove (hair) by scalping

Liftverb

remove from a seedbed or from a nursery;

Liftverb

remove from a surface;

Liftverb

perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

Loftnoun

air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

Loftnoun

An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

Loftnoun

(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

Loftnoun

A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.

Loftnoun

(golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

Loftnoun

(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

Loftverb

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

Loftverb

(intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

Loftverb

(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

Loftadjective

lofty; proud; haughty

Loftnoun

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

Loftnoun

Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

Loftadjective

Lofty; proud.

Loftverb

To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.

Loftverb

To raise aloft; to send into the air;

Loftnoun

floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

Loftnoun

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Loftnoun

a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

Loftverb

store in a loft

Loftverb

propel through the air;

Loftverb

kick or strike high in the air;

Loftverb

lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Loft

A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage). A loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use (a converted loft) from some other use, often light industrial.