lift

t1ft 1. the action or mode of l1ftzng in or into the air; a rising, a raising; elevation; tendency to lift or rise, as of a balloon; lifting-power; specifically, the force with which a fluid, as the air, pre es vertically upon an aeroferl, aeroplane, kite, or airship; the vertical component of the airzpre ure upon an airship; the vertical component of the poll en a kite-sting. 2. a going up, as of a pa enger in a balloon; an ascent into or thru the air; an airztzrp.