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How to sign: 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
Similiar / Same: elevator
Categories: lifting device
Within this category: dumbwaiter, freight elevator, paternoster
How to sign: the event of something being raised upward
"an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity";
Similiar / Same: elevation, raising
Categories: ascension, ascent, rise, rising
How to sign: annul by recalling or rescinding
"He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence";
Similiar / Same: countermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, annul, vacate, reverse, overturn
Categories: cancel, strike down
Within this category: renege
How to sign: raise from a lower to a higher position
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load";
See also: pick up, lift up, gather up
Similiar / Same: raise, elevate, get up, bring up
Within this category: chin, get up, heighten, hike, hoist, hoist, hoist, jack, kick up, levitate, pick up, pinnacle, pump, raise, rear, shoulder, skid, trice, underlay
How to sign: move upward
"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows";
See also: surface, rise up, come up, rise
Similiar / Same: rise, move up, go up, arise, come up, uprise
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: chandelle, climb, go up, rise, rocket, scend, soar, steam, uplift
How to sign: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
Similiar / Same: ski tow, ski lift
Categories: conveyance, transport
Within this category: chairlift, rope tow, surface lift
How to sign: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car";
Categories: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Within this category: trice
