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lift

  [lift]
Use Lifted in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
2. to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one's head.
3. to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax: a court decision to lift the ban on strikes by teachers.
4. to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.): The citizenry will have to conserve food and water until the siege against the city is lifted.
5. to hold up or display on high.
6. to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt (sometimes used reflexively): His first book lifted him from obscurity. By hard work they lifted themselves from poverty.
7. to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced: The congregation lifted their voices in song.
8. to transfer from one setting to another: For the protagonist of the new play, the author has lifted a character from an early novel.
9. Informal. to plagiarize: Whole passages had been lifted from another book.
10. Informal. to steal: His wallet was lifted on the crowded subway.
11. airlift (def. 5).
12. to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting.
13. Horology. (of an escape wheel) to move (a pallet) by moving along the outer, oblique face.
14. to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.).
15. Golf. to pick up (the ball), as to move it from an unplayable lie.
16. to perform a surgical face lifting on.
17. Shipbuilding.
a. to transfer (measurements and the like) from a drawing, model, etc., to a piece being built.
b. to form (a template) according to a drawing, model, etc.
18. to cease temporarily from directing (fire or bombardment) on an objective or area: They lifted the fire when the infantry began to advance.
19. Fox Hunting. to take (hounds) from the line of a fox to where it has just been seen.
–verb (used without object)
20. to go up; yield to upward pressure: The box is too heavy to lift. The lid won't lift.
21. to pull or strain upward in the effort to raise something: to lift at a heavy weight.
22. to move upward or rise; rise and disperse, as clouds or fog.
23. (of rain) to stop temporarily.
24. to rise to view above the horizon when approached, as land seen from the sea.
–noun
25. the act of lifting, raising, or rising: the lift of a hand.
26. the distance that anything rises or is raised: a lift of 20 feet between canal locks.
27. a lifting or raising force: A kite depends on the wind to act as its lift.
28. the weight, load, or quantity lifted.
29. an act or instance of helping to climb or mount: He gave her a lift onto the wagon.
30. a ride in a vehicle, esp. one given to a pedestrian: Can you give me a lift across town?
31. a feeling of exaltation or uplift: Their visit gave me quite a lift.
32. assistance or aid: The fund-raiser's successful efforts proved a great lift for the organization.
33. a device or apparatus for lifting: a hydraulic lift.
34. a movement in which a dancer, skater, etc., lifts up his partner.
35. Skiing.
a. ski lift.
b. chair lift.
36. British.
a. elevator (def. 2).
b. any device used to lift or elevate, as a dumbwaiter or hoist.
37. Informal. a theft.
38. a rise or elevation of ground.
39. Aeronautics. the component of the aerodynamic force exerted by the air on an airfoil, having a direction perpendicular to the direction of motion and causing an aircraft to stay aloft.
40. Nautical.
a. the capacity of a cargo ship measured in dead-weight tons.
b. topping lift.
41. one of the layers of leather forming the heel of a boot or shoe.
42. a special arch support built or inserted into footwear.
43. Mining. the slice or thickness of ore mined in one operation.
44. Building Trades. the height of the quantity of concrete poured into a form at one time.
45. Naval Architecture. any of the horizontal planks forming a type of half model (lift model), able to be removed and measured as a guide to laying out the water lines of the vessel at full scale.
46. Typesetting. fat (def. 23).
47. Printing. the quantity of paper loaded into or removed from a press or other printing machine at one time.
48. Horology.
a. the displacement of a pallet by an escape wheel that has been unlocked.
b. the angle through which the pallet passes when so displaced.
49. airlift (defs. 1–3).
Origin:
1250–1300; 1955–60 for def. 10; ME liften < ON lypta, deriv. of lopt air, c. G lüften lit., to take aloft; see loft

Related forms:
lift⋅a⋅ble, adjective
lifter, noun

Synonyms:
1. elevate. See raise.

Antonyms:
1. lower.
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lift   (lĭft)   
v.   lift·ed, lift·ing, lifts

v.   tr.
    1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise: lift one's eyes; lifted the suitcase.
    2. To transport by air: The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet.
    3. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo.
    4. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
    5. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
    6. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
    7. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
    8. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
    9. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
    1. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo.
    2. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
    3. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
    4. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
    5. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
    6. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
    7. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
  3. To cease (artillery fire) in an area.
    1. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
    2. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
    3. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
    4. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
    5. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
  5. To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
  6. To project or sound in loud, clear tones: lifted their voices in song.
  7. Informal To steal; pilfer: A thief lifted my wallet.
  8. Informal To copy from something already published; plagiarize: lifted whole paragraphs from the encyclopedia.
  9. To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).
  10. To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
    1. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
    2. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
    3. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
v.   intr.
    1. To rise; ascend.
    2. To yield to upward pressure: These windows lift easily.
    3. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising: By afternoon the smog had lifted.
    4. To stop temporarily: The rain lifted by morning.
    1. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising: By afternoon the smog had lifted.
    2. To stop temporarily: The rain lifted by morning.
  3. To become elevated; soar: Their spirits lifted when help came.
n.  
  1. The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.
  2. Power or force available for raising: the lift of a pump.
  3. An amount or a weight raised or capable of being raised at one time; a load.
    1. The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
    2. The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.
  5. A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.
  6. An elevation of the spirits: The good news gave us a lift.
  7. A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body: the lift of his chin.
  8. A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.
  9. One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.
  10. Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.
  11. A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination: gave my friend a lift into town.
  12. Assistance or help: gave her a lift with her heavy packages.
  13. A set of pumps used in a mine.
  14. The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.
Phrasal Verb(s):
lift offTo begin flight: The spacecraft lifted off at noon.

Idiom(s):
lift fireTo increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.

[Middle English liften, from Old Norse lypta.]
lift'a·ble adj., lift'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift.
Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question.
Elevate is sometimes synonymous with the preceding terms (elevated his sprained ankle), but it more often suggests exalting, ennobling, or raising morally or intellectually: "A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity" (Samuel Johnson).
Hoist is applied principally to the lifting of heavy objects, often by mechanical means: hoist a sunken ship.
To heave is to lift or raise with great effort or force: heaved the pack onto his back.
Boost suggests upward movement effected by or as if by pushing from below: boosted the child into the saddle. See Also Synonyms at steal.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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