Lift may mean:
- Lift (force), a mechanical force generated by an object moving through a fluid
- Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight
- Lift (soft drink), a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company
- Lift (data mining), a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population
- Airlift, in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft
- Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing
- Hitchhiking, a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller
- Plastic surgery, surgery to "lift" the skin:
- Rhytidectomy or "face lift", a type of plastic surgery
- Mastopexy or "breast lift", a type of plastic surgery
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Famous quotes containing the word lift:
“I pray every single second of my life; not on my knees, but with my work. My prayer is to lift woman to equality with man. Work and worship are one with me. I can not imagine a God of the universe made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him “great.””
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus 20:25.
“If you would lift me you must be on higher ground. If you would liberate me you must be free.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)