Lift or LIFT may refer to:

Physical devices

* Elevator, or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods ** Paternoster lift, a type of lift using a continuous chain of cars which do not stop ** Patient lift, or Hoyer lift, mobile lift, ceiling lift, a lift to assist a caregiver for a disabled patient ** Rack lift, a type of elevator ** Ski lift, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport ** Space elevator, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into outer space ** Wheelchair lift or platform lift, a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair *

Forklift A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th c ...

, a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances * Scissor lift, a type of aerial work platform * Body lift, an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame * Suspension lift, a modification raising the suspension of the automobile * Stairlift, a mechanical device to help people with disabilities get up stairs * Heel lift, a shoe insert to increase the height of the wearer

Sport

* A specific way of lifting a barbell, dumbbell(s), kettlebell, or other piece of sporting equipment in a strength sport (e.g. weightlifting, weight training, powerlifting), such as ** clean-and-jerk, snatch,

deadlift The deadlift is a strength training exercise in which a weight-loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, with the torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting ...

, squat,

bench press The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a Compound movements, compound movement, with the primary muscles involved ...

, military press, clean-and-press, dumbbell curl, fly, calf raise, two hands anyhow * Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing

Science and technology

* Lift (force), in fluid dynamics, a force generated by an object moving through a fluid ** Lift coefficient, a coefficient that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to other parameters * Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight * Lift (data mining), a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population * Lift (web framework), a web application framework for Scala * Light-Induced Fluorescence Transient, a device to remotely measure chlorophyll fluorescence in plants

Mathematics

* Lift (mathematics), an kind of morphism in category theory * Homotopy lifting property, a unique path over a map * Covering graph or lift

Cosmetics

* Shoe lifts, a removable shoe insert ** Elevator shoes, shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles * 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

Media

* London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT)

Films

* '' The Lift'', a 1983 Dutch horror film by Dick Maas * ''Lift'' (2021 film), a 2021 Indian Tamil-language horror drama film * ''Lift'' (2024 film), an American heist comedy film

Music

* Lift (band), a German rock band

Albums

* ''Lift'' (Audio Adrenaline album) or the title song, 2001 * ''Lift'' (Dave Gunning album), 2015 * ''Lift'' (Love and Rockets album) or the title song, 1998 * ''Lift'' (Shannon Noll album) or the title song (see below), 2005 * ''Lift'' (Sister Hazel album), 2004 * '' Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard'', by Chris Potter, or the title song, 2004 * ''Lift'', by Onehundredhours, 2001

Songs

* "Lift" (Poets of the Fall song), 2004 * "Lift" (Radiohead song), 2017 * "Lift" (Sean Tyas song), 2006 * "Lift" (Shannon Noll song), 2005 * "Lift", by Immanuel Wilkins from '' The 7th Hand'' (2022)

Other uses

* LIFT (nonprofit), a nonprofit anti-poverty organization * LIFT (airline), South African Domestic Airline * Lead-in fighter trainer, a type of advanced military training aircraft * Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT), nonprofit that provides legal information in New York State, US * Lift (soft drink), a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company *

Airlift An airlift is the organized delivery of Materiel, supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material lo ...

, in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft * Hitchhiking, a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller * Lift, a special type of arrow in the video game engine '' StepMania''