One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or
chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an
upper loft for storage.

A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,
warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from
different floors or levels; – called in England a lift; the cage or
platform itself.

A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,
grain.

A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the
leg or the eye.

An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.