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LIFT
lift, raise, heave
(noun) the act of raising something; “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”; “fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up”
lift
(noun) a ride in a car; “he gave me a lift home”
airlift, lift
(noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
lift
(noun) the act of giving temporary assistance
elevator, lift
(noun) lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
lift
(noun) one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
lift
(noun) a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
lift, rise
(noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
elevation, lift, raising
(noun) the event of something being raised upward; “an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”; “a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity”
lift, face-lift
(verb) perform cosmetic surgery on someone’s face
lift
(verb) remove from a surface; “the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table”
lift
(verb) take off or away by decreasing; “lift the pressure”
lift
(verb) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; “lift the tulip bulbs”
lift
(verb) remove (hair) by scalping
lift, raise
(verb) put an end to; “lift a ban”; “raise a siege”
lift
(verb) rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; “The floor is lifting slowly”
lift, raise, elevate
(verb) raise in rank or condition; “The new law lifted many people from poverty”
raise, lift
(verb) invigorate or heighten; “lift my spirits”; “lift his ego”
lift
(verb) call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
(verb) cancel officially; “He revoked the ban on smoking”; “lift an embargo”; “vacate a death sentence”
lift
(verb) make audible; “He lifted a war whoop”
lift
(verb) take (root crops) out of the ground; “lift potatoes”
airlift, lift
(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; “Food is airlifted into Bosnia”
hoist, lift, wind
(verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
lift
(verb) take hold of something and move it to a different location; “lift the box onto the table”
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(verb) move upward; “The fog lifted”; “The smoke arose from the forest fire”; “The mist uprose from the meadows”
lift, raise
(verb) move upwards; “lift one’s eyes”
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position; “Raise your hands”; “Lift a load”
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(verb) make off with belongings of others
rustle, lift
(verb) take illegally; “rustle cattle”
plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
(verb) take without referencing from someone else’s writing or speech; of intellectual property
lift
(verb) pay off (a mortgage)
rise, lift, rear
(verb) rise up; “The building rose before them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past (rare, regional, obsolete) lift or lifted, past participle (rare, regional, obsolete) lift or (obsolete) yleft or lifted)
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
(transitive, slang) To steal.
(transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
(transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
(transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
(transitive) to cause to move upwards.
(informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
(obsolete) To bear; to support.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
(computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
Usage notes
Lift also has an obsolete form liftand for the present participle. The strong forms were common until the 17th century in writing and still survive in speech in a few rural dialects.
Hyponyms
• airlift
Noun
lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts)
An act of lifting or raising.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
(British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
(measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
(historical slang) A thief.
(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
An improvement in mood.
The amount or weight to be lifted.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
A rise; a degree of elevation.
A liftgate.
(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Synonyms
• (mechanical device) elevator (US)
• (act of transporting) ride
• (upward force) uplift
Etymology 2
Noun
lift (usually uncountable, plural lifts)
(UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Air.
(UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
Synonyms
• (gas or vapour breathed): air
• (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere
• (the heavens, sky): welkin
Anagrams
• ILTF, flit
Source: Wiktionary
Lift, n.Etym: [AS.lyft air. See Loft.]
Definition: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]
Lift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] Etym: [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G. lüften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. Addison. Lest, being lifted up with pride. I Tim. iii. 6.
3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] Spenser.
4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
5. Etym: [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. Shoplifter.]
Definition: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. Shak. To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross. John viii. 28.
– To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer. Ps. cxxi. 1.
– To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief. Ps. lxxiv. 3.
– To lift up the hand. (a) To take an oath. Gen. xiv. 22. (b) To pray. Ps. xxviii. 2. (c) To engage in duty. Heb. xii. 12.
– To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress. Job xxxi. 21.
– To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice. Gen. xl. 13. Luke xxi. 28.
– To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or unkindness. John xiii.18.
– To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. Gen. xxi. 16.
Lift, v. i.
1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. Locke.
2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
3. Etym: [See Lift, v. t., 5.]
Definition: To live by theft. Spenser.
Lift, n.
1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Bacon.
3. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.] The goat gives the fox a lift. L'Estrange.
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) An exercising machine.
5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]
7. (Naut.)
Definition: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
8. (Mach.)
Definition: One of the steps of a cone pulley.
9. (Shoemaking)
Definition: A layer of leather in the heel.
10. (Horology)
Definition: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Saunier. Dead lift. See under Dead. Swift.
– Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
– Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
– Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
– Lift lock, a canal lock.
– Lift pump, a lifting pump.
– Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
– Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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