Definitions
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
Word origin
From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”).
Used in a sentence
“The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.”
“You never lift a finger to help me!”
“c. 1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Raise upward”4 letters
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