To lift is simply to raise from the ground, tho but for an instant, with no reference to holding or moving; one may be able to lift what he could not carry.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

sneak We have to sneak in there and steal that computer.
swipe Swipe either left or right to see another animal.
snatch Boldi tried to snatch the toy out of Martha's hands.
filch When I was a kid, I used to filch candy bars all the time.
uplift This music is going to uplift your mood.
exalt The party will continue to exalt their hero.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
lift		steady
sneak		rising
swipe		rising
snatch		rising
filch		steady
uplift		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: air¹, aid¹, sky¹, nip¹
4 letters: help¹, rise¹, wind¹, ride¹, bear¹, hook¹, rear¹, pump¹
5 letters: carry², raise¹, steal¹, sneak¹, arise², pinch¹, swipe¹, erect², hoist¹, heave¹, exalt², annul², filch¹, snarf
6 letters: repeal², thrust¹, snatch¹, uplift², revoke², vacate², rustle², pilfer², welkin, uprise², nobble
7 letters: improve², reverse², raising², cabbage², elevate³, rescind², airlift², purloin², upraise, upheave, lockage
8 letters: abstract², elevator⁴, overturn³
9 letters: elevation⁴, firmament
10 letters: assistance³, atmosphere³, plagiarize³, plagiarise
11 letters: countermand
12 letters: rhytidectomy
13 letters: rhytidoplasty

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry² = 2 syllables).