lift: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with T
Meaning of lift
verb
- ambitransitive
To raise or rise.
Example: The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
- ambitransitive, transitive
To raise or rise. To cause to move upwards.
- slang, transitive
To steal.
- slang, transitive
To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
Listed forms: lifts, lifting, lifted, yleft.
Source: Wiktionary — lift.
noun
- countable, uncountable
An act of lifting or raising.
- countable, uncountable
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
Example: He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- Australia, India, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable
A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
Example: Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- countable, uncountable
A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.
Listed forms: lifts.
Source: Wiktionary — lift.
noun
- Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
Air.
- Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
Listed forms: lifts.
Source: Wiktionary — lift.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for lift.
noun
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- aerodynamic lift
noun
the event of something being raised upward
noun
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
noun
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- ski tow
- ski lift
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lift in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lift
L(1) + I(1) + F(4) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of lift
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from lift
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lift. Showing up to 24, longest first.