Lift or LIFT may refer to:

Physical devices

Elevator An elevator or lift is a cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or decks of a building, vessel, or other structure. They ar ...

, or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods **

Paternoster lift A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can ...

, a type of lift using a continuous chain of cars which do not stop **

Patient lift A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift. This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing home A nursing home is a facility for the residential ...

, or Hoyer lift, mobile lift, ceiling lift, a lift to assist a caregiver for a disabled patient **

Rack lift A rack lift is a type of elevator which consists of a cage attached to vertical rails affixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion A pinion is a round gear—usua ...

, a type of elevator **

Ski lift A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/ Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Types * Aeria ...

, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport **

Space elevator A space elevator, also referred to as a space bridge, star ladder, and orbital lift, is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system, often depicted in science fiction. The main component would be a cable (also called a tether) an ...

, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into outer space **

Wheelchair lift A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, or vertical platform lift, is a fully powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant in order to overcome a step or similar vertical barrier. Wheelchair lifts can be installed in ...

or platform lift, a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair *

Forklift A forklift (also called 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 century by various ...

, a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances * Scissor lift, a type of aerial work platform *

Body lift A body lift is a modification where spacers are installed between a vehicle's body and chassis in order to increase the ride height. It is a common method to run larger tires on a vehicle. It is also often used to allow the placement of a larger ...

, 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 stair lift is a mechanical device for lifting people, typically those with disabilities, up and down stairs. For sufficiently wide stairs, a rail is mounted to the treads of the stairs. A chair or lifting platform is attached to the rail. A per ...

, a mechanical device to help people with disabilities get up stairs

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 weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises ...

, squat,

bench press The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench. Although the bench press is a full-body exercise, the muscles primarily used are the pectoralis ...

military press The overhead press is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing. It is mainly used to develop the anterior deltoid muscles of the shoulder. The standing version was once a compon ...

, clean-and-press,

dumbbell curl The term "biceps curl" refers to any of a number of weight training exercises that primarily targets the biceps brachii muscle. It may be performed using a barbell, dumbbell, resistance band, or other equipment. Overview The biceps curl mainly ...

, fly, calf raise,

two hands anyhow The Two Hands Anyhow is a traditional strongman weightlifting exercise. The goal was to lift as much weight overhead with two hands (two separate weights) in any method. The exercise was popular with lifters such as Arthur Saxon and Thomas I ...

Figure skating lifts Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating, pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following whe ...

, movements in pair skating and ice dancing *

Sky Paragliders Lift The Sky Paragliders Lift is a Czech single-place paraglider Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid ...

, a Czech paraglider design

Science and technology

Lift (force) A fluid flowing around an object exerts a force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the force parallel to the flow direct ...

, in fluid dynamics, a force generated by an object moving through a fluid **

Lift coefficient In fluid dynamics, the lift coefficient () is a dimensionless quantity that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to the fluid density around the body, the fluid velocity and an associated reference area. A lifting body is a foil or a ...

, a coefficient that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to other parameters *

Lift (soaring) Lift is a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by soaring aircraft and soaring birds. The most common human application of lift is in sport and recreation. The three air sports that use soaring flight are: gliding, hang gliding a ...

, rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight *

Lift (data mining) In data mining and association rule learning, lift is a measure of the performance of a targeting model (association rule) at predicting or classifying cases as having an enhanced response (with respect to the population as a whole), measured ...

, a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population *

Lift (web framework) Lift is a free and open-source web framework that is designed for the Scala programming language. It was originally created bDavid Pollakwho was dissatisfied with certain aspects of the Ruby on Rails framework. Lift was launched as an open sou ...

, a web application framework for Scala

Mathematics

Lift (mathematics) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, given a morphism ''f'': ''X'' → ''Y'' and a morphism ''g'': ''Z'' → ''Y'', a lift or lifting of ''f'' to ''Z'' is a morphism ''h'': ''X'' → ''Z'' such that . We say that ''f'' factors through ...

, a morphism ''h'' from ''X'' to ''Z'' such that ''gh'' = ''f'' *

Homotopy lifting property In mathematics, in particular in homotopy theory within algebraic topology, the homotopy lifting property (also known as an instance of the right lifting property or the covering homotopy axiom) is a technical condition on a continuous function f ...

, a unique path over a map *

Covering graph In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, a graph is a covering graph of another graph if there is a covering map from the vertex set of to the vertex set of . A covering map is a surjection and a local isomorphism: the neighbourhood of ...

or lift

Cosmetics

Shoe lifts A removable shoe insert, otherwise known as a foot orthosis, insole or inner sole accomplishes many purposes, including daily wear comfort, height enhancement, plantar fasciitis treatment, arch support, foot and joint pain relief from arthriti ...

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

Plastic surgery Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes cranio ...

, surgery to lift the skin ** Rhytidectomy or face lift, a type of plastic surgery **

Mastopexy Mastopexy (Greek μαστός ''mastos'' "breast" + -pēxiā "affix") is the plastic surgery mammoplasty procedure for raising sagging breasts upon the chest of the woman, by changing and modifying the size, contour, and elevation of the breasts ...

or breast lift, a type of plastic surgery

Media

London International Festival of Theatre The London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is a biennial festival of theatre, performance and cultural events. The organisation also supports year-round activity in London. The organisation was founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal, w ...

(LIFT)

Films

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

Music

Lift (band) Lift are a German rock band formed in Dresden in 1973 and remains active at the present day. History The group was founded in 1973 following the dissolution of the group Dresden Sextett. Their first concert was given on January 28, 1973. The g ...

, a German rock band

Albums

* ''Lift'' (Audio Adrenaline album) (2001) and its title track * ''Lift'' (Love and Rockets album) (1998) * ''Lift'' (Sister Hazel album) (2004) * ''Lift'' (Shannon Noll album) (2005) * ''Lift'' (Dave Gunning album) * '' Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard'', a 2004 album by Chris Potter

Songs

* "Lift" (Poets of the Fall song), (2004) * "Lift" (Shannon Noll song) * "Lift" (Sean Tyas song) (2006) * "Lift" (Radiohead song)

Other uses

LIFT (nonprofit) LIFT is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty. By fostering relationships between low-income parents (members) and dedicated volunteers (advocates), LIFT helps families build the strong personal, social and ...

, 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 Family Legal Care (formerly Legal Information for Families Today) is a non-profit organization that provides legal information and advice to unrepresented litigants so that they can successfully self-advocate in New York State Family Courts. Fa ...

(LIFT), nonprofit that provides legal information in New York State, US *

Lift (soft drink) Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Philippines and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit j ...

, a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company *

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

, 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''