lift

About 13.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To raise or rise.

   The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.

2. verb To cause to move upwards.
3. verb To steal.
4. verb To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
5. verb To arrest (a person).
6. verb To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
7. verb To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
8. verb To disperse, to break up.

Similar words

rise raising arise elevator elevate get up bring up move up elevation raise

Often followed by

the up a and it his of her your

Word family

liftable lifted lifter lifters lifting lifts