lifts

Noun

lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts)

1. An act of lifting or raising.
2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
   • He gave me a lift to the bus station.

   Synonyms:

   ride

3. (Australia, India, New Zealand, UK, puristic elsewhere) A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
   • Take the lift to the fourth floor.

   Synonyms:

   elevator

4. A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.
5. An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
6. Any technique for lifting weights.
   • This is actually an old-school circus lift—the sort of maneuver you imagine guys with twirly mustaches performing using cartoony barbells.2026, Greg Presto, “Timeless Gains”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 14

See all 40 meanings of lift