Lift vs. Remove
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
Removeverb
(transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
Removeverb
To replace a dish within a course.
Removeverb
(transitive) To murder.
Removeverb
To dismiss a batsman.
Removeverb
(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
Removeverb
To depart, leave.
Removeverb
(intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
Removeverb
To dismiss or discharge from office.
Removenoun
The act of removing something.
Removenoun
Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
Removenoun
(British) at some public schools A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
Removenoun
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
Removenoun
Distance in time or space; interval.
Removenoun
(dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
Removenoun
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Removeverb
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
Removeverb
To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
Removeverb
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
Removeverb
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
Removenoun
The act of removing; a removal.
Removenoun
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; - in the United States usually called a move.
Removenoun
The state of being removed.
Removenoun
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
Removenoun
The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
Removenoun
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Removenoun
degree of figurative distance or separation;
Removeverb
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;
Removeverb
remove from a position or an office
Removeverb
dispose of;
Removeverb
cause to leave;
Removeverb
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;
Removeverb
go away or leave;
Removeverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
Removeverb
get rid of something abstract;
Removeverb
take (something) away or off from the position occupied
Removeverb
take off (clothing)
Removeverb
change one's home or place of residence by moving to (another place)
Removeverb
compel (someone) by law to move to another area
Removeverb
abolish or get rid of
Removeverb
dismiss from a job
Removeverb
be distant from
Removeverb
be very different from
Removeverb
separated by a particular number of steps of descent
Removenoun
a degree of remoteness or separation
Removenoun
a form or division in some British schools
