Thesaurus

(v) : to lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards or forwards; to lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing)

(n) : an effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy; an upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like