(lift) v.t.
1. To raise from a lower to a higher position or place; hoist; elevate.
2. To hold up; support or display in the air.
3. To raise to a higher degree or condition; exalt.
4. To make clearly audible; shout: to lift a cry.
5. To subject (the face) to plastic surgery, usually so as to impart beauty or restore an appearance of youth: She had her face lifted.
6. Colloq. To take surreptitiously; steal; plagiarize.
7. U.S. To pay off, as a mortgage.
8. In golf, to pick up (the ball), as from an unfavorable position, and concede the prescribed penalty.
—v.i.
9. To put forth effort in order to raise something: All together now, lift!
10. To rise; yield to upward pressure.
11. To rise or disperse; dissipate: The fog lifted.
—noun
1. The act of lifting or raising.
2. The distance through which something rises or is raised.
3. The amount of weight lifted.
4. Exaltation or stimulation of the mind or feelings.
5. A rise in condition; promotion.
6. Elevated carriage or position: the lift of her chin.
7. Assistance by lifting or raising.
8. A ride in a vehicle offered to a pedestrian, taking him part or all of the way to his destination.
9. A machine, device, or the like that lifts or assists in lifting, as a hoisting machine.
10. Brit. An elevator in a building.
11. Mining a A set of pumps. b A vertical slice of ore removed in one series of operations. c The difference in height between one level and another.
12. In shoemaking, any layer of leather or other material forming the heel.
13. Aeron. The vertical component of the aerodynamic pressure upon an aircraft.
14. An elevation of ground. [<ON lypta raise in the air. Akin to LOFT.]
—lift′·er noun

(lift) noun Brit. Dial.
The sky.