the act of raising something | any clever maneuver |
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 | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
the act of giving temporary assistance | an emblematic design (especially in heraldry) |
a ride in a car | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) |
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect |
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 | |
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill | |
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | |
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg | |
the event of something being raised upward | |
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | |
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity | |