title: What is "lifting" in Scala?
body: <p>Sometimes when I read articles in the Scala ecosystem I read the term "lifting" / "lifted". Unfortunately, it is not explained what that exactly means. I did some research, and it seems that lifting has something to do with functional values or something like that, but I was not able to find a text that explains what lifting actually is about in a beginner friendly way. </p>
  
  <p>There is additional confusion through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_%28web_framework%29">Lift</a> framework which has lifting in its name, but it doesn't help answer the question.</p>
  
  <p><strong>What is "lifting" in Scala?</strong></p>