Lift

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 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, squat, bench press, military press, clean-and-press, dumbbell curl, fly, calf raise, two hands anyhow
 * Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing
 * Sky Paragliders Lift, a Czech paraglider design

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