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Synonyms of lifted
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Verb
1. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up, move, displace
usage:
raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
2. lift, move, displace
usage:
take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
3. lift, raise, move, displace
usage:
move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
4. rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise, travel, go, move, locomote
usage:
move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
5. lift, utter, emit, let out, let loose
usage:
make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
6. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate, cancel, strike down
usage:
cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
7. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift, steal
usage:
make off with belongings of others
8. hoist, lift, wind, raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
usage:
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
9. raise, lift, better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
usage:
invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
10. lift, raise, elevate, change, alter, modify
usage:
raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
11. lift, remove, take, take away, withdraw
usage:
take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
12. rise, lift, rear, look, appear, seem
usage:
rise up; "The building rose before them"
13. lift, liquidate, pay off
usage:
pay off (a mortgage)
14. plagiarize, plagiarise, lift, steal
usage:
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
15. rustle, lift, steal
usage:
take illegally; "rustle cattle"
16. airlift, lift, fly
usage:
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
17. lift, dig, dig out
usage:
take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
18. lift, call, send for
usage:
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
19. lift, heave, buckle, warp
usage:
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
20. lift, raise, end, terminate
usage:
put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
21. lift, scalp
usage:
remove (hair) by scalping
22. lift, remove, take, take away, withdraw
usage:
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
23. lift, remove, take, take away, withdraw
usage:
remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
24. face-lift, lift, operate on, operate
usage:
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Adjective
1. upraised, lifted, raised (vs. lowered)
usage:
held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"
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