lift

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise.
• intransitive verb To transport by air.
• intransitive verb To revoke by taking back; rescind.
• intransitive verb To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
• intransitive verb To cease (artillery fire) in an area.
• intransitive verb To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
• intransitive verb To uplift; elate.
• intransitive verb To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
• intransitive verb To project or sound in loud, clear tones.
• intransitive verb Informal To steal; pilfer.
• intransitive verb Informal To copy from something already published; plagiarize.
• intransitive verb To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).
• intransitive verb To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
• intransitive verb Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
• intransitive verb To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
• intransitive verb To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
• intransitive verb To rise; ascend.
• intransitive verb To yield to upward pressure.
• intransitive verb To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising.
• intransitive verb To stop temporarily.
• intransitive verb To become elevated; soar.
• noun The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.
• noun Power or force available for raising.
• noun An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.
• noun The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
• noun The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.
• noun A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.
• noun An elevation of the spirits.
• noun A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body.
• noun A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.
• noun One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.
• noun Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.
• noun A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination.
• noun Assistance or help.
• noun A set of pumps used in a mine.
• noun The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.
• idiom (lift fire) To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The air; the atmosphere; the sky; the heavens.
• noun A thief.
• To move or heave upward in space; bring to a higher place or position; raise; elevate: often followed by up: as, to lift a stone from the ground: to lift up one who has fallen.
• To bring to a higher degree, rank, or condition; make more lofty or considerable; elevate; exalt; raise to a high or a higher pitch or state of feeling, as the voice, the mind, etc.
• To keep elevated or exalted; hold up; display on high: as, the mountain lifts its head above the clouds.