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Synonyms for Lift (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity):
aerodynamic lift

WordNet sense 2 (the event of something being raised upward):
elevation, raising

WordNet sense 3 (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground):
rise

WordNet sense 4 (a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill):
ski tow, ski lift

WordNet sense 5 (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):
elevator

WordNet sense 6 (rise up):
rear

WordNet sense 7 (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property):
plagiarize, plagiarise

WordNet sense 8 (take illegally):
rustle

WordNet sense 9 (make off with belongings of others):
abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, pilfer, pinch, purloin, swipe, nobble, snarf, sneak, abstract

WordNet sense 10 (raise from a lower to a higher position):
elevate, raise, get up, bring up

WordNet sense 11 (move upward):
arise, uprise, come up, go up, move up

WordNet sense 12 (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help):
hoist, wind, wind

WordNet sense 13 (fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means):
airlift

WordNet sense 14 (annul by recalling or rescinding):
annul, countermand, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate

WordNet sense 15 (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):
facelift, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, face lift, cosmetic surgery, face lifting, nip and tuck

WordNet sense 16 (the act of raising something):
heave

WordNet sense 17 (perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face):
face-lift


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