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

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

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

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