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Layups
  1. a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Lift
  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
  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. cancel officially; "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"
  26. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
  27. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
  28. take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
  29. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
  30. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
  31. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
  32. make off with belongings of others
  33. take illegally; "rustle cattle"
  34. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
  35. pay off (a mortgage)
  36. rise up; "The building rose before them"
Lifts
  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
  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. cancel officially; "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"
  26. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
  27. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
  28. take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
  29. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
  30. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
  31. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
  32. make off with belongings of others
  33. take illegally; "rustle cattle"
  34. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
  35. pay off (a mortgage)
  36. rise up; "The building rose before them"
Leap
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
  3. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
  4. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
  5. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
  6. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
  7. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  8. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Leaps
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet"
  3. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
  4. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
  5. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
  6. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
  7. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  8. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Leaping
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
  3. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
  4. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  5. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Leapings
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Lob
  1. the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
  2. an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
  3. propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
Lobs
  1. the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
  2. an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
  3. propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
Liner
  1. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter; "the batter hit a liner to the shortstop"
  2. a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)
  3. a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
  4. a protective covering that protects an inside surface