• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
• the event of something being raised upward
• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
• 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
• 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
• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
• a ride in a car
• the act of raising something
verb
• raise from a lower to a higher position
• take hold of something and move it to a different location
• move upwards
• move upward
• make audible
• cancel officially
• make off with belongings of others
• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
• invigorate or heighten
• raise in rank or condition
• take off or away by decreasing
• rise up
• pay off (a mortgage)
• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
• take illegally
• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
• take (root crops) out of the ground
• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
• 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
• a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes
• (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
• Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• A well-dressed man.
• A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
• A cannabis cigarette.
verb
• (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
• To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
• To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
• Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
• The output of a diff program. A diff file.
• A difficult route.
• The quality of being different.
• A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
• A disagreement or argument.
• Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
• The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
• Choice; preference.
• An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
• The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
• (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is TRUE when the two input variables are different but is otherwise FALSE; the XOR operation (\scriptstyle A \overline B + \overline A B).
• (relational algebra) the set of elements that are in one set but not another (\scriptstyle A \overline B).
• The differential gear in an automobile etc
• A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
• An infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
• One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
• A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
verb
• To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
• To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
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