Dream Dictionary

Lift

To dream that you are being lifted, represents that you are rising above unpleasant conditions or issues.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: the act of giving temporary assistance
  • 2: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity [syn: aerodynamic lift, lift]
  • 3: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" [syn: elevation, lift, raising]
  • 4: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: lift, rise]
  • 5: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn: ski tow, ski lift, lift]
  • 6: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
  • 7: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
  • 8: lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building [syn: elevator, lift]
  • 9: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck]
  • 10: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) [syn: airlift, lift]
  • 11: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home"
  • 12: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave]
  • v. 1: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down]
  • 2: take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
  • 3: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise]
  • 4: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
  • 5: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
  • 6: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
  • 7: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
  • 8: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift, wind]
  • 9: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift]
  • 10: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
  • 11: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
  • 12: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: rise, lift, rear]
  • 13: pay off (a mortgage)
  • 14: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize, plagiarise, lift]
  • 15: take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: rustle, lift]
  • 16: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn: airlift, lift]
  • 17: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
  • 18: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
  • 19: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly"
  • 20: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise]
  • 21: remove (hair) by scalping
  • 22: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
  • 23: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
  • 24: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: face- lift, lift]