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noun
1.
a person or thing that lifts.
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| lift1 (lɪft) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to rise or cause to rise upwards from the ground or another support to a higher place: to lift a sack |
| 2. | to move or cause to move upwards: to lift one's eyes |
| 3. | (tr) to take hold of in order to carry or remove: to lift something down from a shelf |
| 4. | (tr) to raise in status, spirituality, estimation, etc: his position lifted him from the common crowd |
| 5. | (tr) to revoke or rescind: to lift tax restrictions |
| 6. | to make or become audible or louder: to lift one's voice in song |
| 7. | (tr) to take (plants or underground crops) out of the ground for transplanting or harvesting |
| 8. | (intr) to disappear by lifting or as if by lifting: the fog lifted |
| 9. | to transport in a vehicle |
| 10. | informal (tr) to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal |
| 11. | informal (tr) to make dishonest use of (another person's idea, writing, etc); plagiarize |
| 12. | slang (tr) to arrest |
| 13. | (tr) to perform a face-lift on |
| 14. | (US), (Canadian) (tr) to pay off (a mortgage, etc) |
| —n | |
| 15. | the act or an instance of lifting |
| 16. | the power or force available or used for lifting |
| 17. | a. (Brit) US and Canadian word: elevator a platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a building |
| b. chairlift See ski lift | |
| 18. | the distance or degree to which something is lifted |
| 19. | a usually free ride as a passenger in a car or other vehicle |
| 20. | a rise in the height of the ground |
| 21. | a rise in morale or feeling of cheerfulness usually caused by some specific thing or event |
| 22. | the force required to lift an object |
| 23. | a layer of the heel of a shoe, etc, or a detachable pad inside the shoe to give the wearer added height |
| 24. | aid; help |
| 25. | mining |
| a. the thickness of ore extracted in one operation | |
| b. a set of pumps used in a mine | |
| 26. | a. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on a wing, etc, at right angles to the airflow |
| b. the upward force exerted by the gas in a balloon, airship, etc | |
| 27. | See airlift |
| [C13: from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse lypta, Old English lyft sky; compare | |
| 'liftable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'lifter1 | |
| —n | |
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