Pronunciation Verb
lift (lifts, present participle lifting; past lifted, past participle lifted)
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
- You never lift a finger to help me!
- c1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː
- Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West - Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.
- Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:
- “Wilbert Cream is a ... what's the word?” I referred to the letter. “A kleptomaniac […] Does any thought occur to you?” “It most certainly does. I am thinking of your uncle's collection of old silver.” “Me, too.” “It presents a grave temptation to the unhappy young man.” “I don't know that I'd call him unhappy. He probably thoroughly enjoys lifting the stuff.”
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- 2000, Marie Smyth, Marie-Therese Fay, Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles
- Maybe the police lifted him and he's in Castlereagh [Interrogation Centre] because he'd been lifted three or four times previously and took to Castlereagh. They used to come in and raid the house and take him away.
- 2000, Marie Smyth, Marie-Therese Fay, Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles
- (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.
- She lifts twice a week at the gym.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- RQ
- strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
- RQ
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 1, scene 1]:
- The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Timothy 3:6 ↗:
- being lifted up with pride
- (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.
- French: lever
- German: heben, anheben
- Italian: alzare, levare
- Portuguese: elevar, erguer, alçar, levantar
- Russian: поднима́ть
- Spanish: levantar, subir
- French: voler, piquer
- German: klauen, stehlen
- Portuguese: roubar, abafar, chutar (slang)
- Spanish: afanar
- Russian: жать
lift
- An act of lifting or raising.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
- Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- 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.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, page 32:
- The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, page 32:
- (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.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
- The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- What's the maximum lift of this crane?
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- the lift of a lock in canals
- 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.
- French: levée
- Italian: sollevamento
- German: Mitfahrgelegenheit, Beförderungsfahrt
- Italian: passaggio
- Portuguese: carona
- Russian: подво́з
- Spanish: aventón
- French: ascenseur
- German: Fahrstuhl, Aufzug, Lift
- Italian: ascensore
- Portuguese: ascensor, elevador
- Russian: лифт
- Spanish: ascensor, (Mexico, Puerto Rico) elevador
- French: portance
- German: Auftrieb
- Italian: portanza
- Portuguese: sustentação
- Russian: подъём
- Italian: dislivello
- Italian: sollevamento
- Russian: подня́тие
- Italian: ascensore, montacarichi
- Italian: sollievo
lift (uncountable)
- (UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Air.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (gas or vapour breathed) air
- (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth) atmosphere
- (the heavens, sky) welkin
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