LIFTING
- to raise from a lower to a higher position elevate
- raise in rate or amount
- put an end to (a blockade or siege) by withdrawing or causing the withdrawal of investing forces
- take out of normal setting lift a word out of context
- raise in rank or condition
- pay off (an obligation) lift a mortgage
- LIFT, to move to a higher position [v]
- take up (as a root crop or transplants) from the ground
- move from one place to another (as by aircraft) transport
- take up (a fingerprint) from a surface
- appear elevated (as above surrounding objects)
- dissipate and clear