Lift (data mining)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of raising something
"He responded with a lift of his eyebrow"
"Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
(2) A ride in a car
"He gave me a lift home"
(3) Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
(4) 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
"Some actresses have more than one face lift"
(5) The act of giving temporary assistance
(6) 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
(7) One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
(8) A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
(9) A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
(10) A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
(11) The event of something being raised upward
"An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"
"A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
(12) The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
verb
(13) Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
(14) Remove from a surface
"The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
(15) Take off or away by decreasing
"Lift the pressure"
(16) Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
"Lift the tulip bulbs"
(17) Remove (hair) by scalping
(18) Put an end to
"Lift a ban"
"Raise a siege"
(19) Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
"The floor is lifting slowly"
(20) Raise in rank or condition
"The new law lifted many people from poverty"
(21) Invigorate or heighten
"Lift my spirits"
"Lift his ego"
(22) Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
(23) Annul by recalling or rescinding
"He revoked the ban on smoking"
"Lift an embargo"
"Vacate a death sentence"
(24) Make audible
"He lifted a war whoop"
(25) Take (root crops) out of the ground
"Lift potatoes"