Definition
Meaning of 'lift'
Meaning of 'lift' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Lift 
[ n.]
- The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [ n.]- Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
- Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
- That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
- A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
- A handle.
- An exercising machine.
- A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
- A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- A layer of leather in the heel.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
2. Lift [ v. i.]
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for
raising or bearing. [ v. i.]- To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
3. Lift [ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]- To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
- To bear; to support.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
- To live by theft.
Meaning of 'lift' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. lift [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the event of something being raised upward
- the event of something being raised upward
Example in sentence:
- a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity;
- an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
Meaning (2):
- a ride in a car
- a ride in a car
Example in sentence:
- he gave me a lift home
Meaning (3):
- the act of raising something
- the act of raising something
Example in sentence:
- fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up;
- he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Meaning (4):
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Example in sentence:
- some actresses have more than one face lift
2. lift [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Example in sentence:
- Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Meaning (6):
- make audible
- make audible
Example in sentence:
- He lifted a war whoop
Meaning (7):
- cancel officially
- cancel officially
Example in sentence:
- He revoked the ban on smoking;
- lift an embargo;
- vacate a death sentence
Meaning (8):
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Example in sentence:
- hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Meaning (9):
- put an end to
- put an end to
Example in sentence:
- lift a ban;
- raise a siege
Meaning (10):
- invigorate or heighten
- invigorate or heighten
Example in sentence:
- lift his ego;
- lift my spirits
Meaning (11):
- move upwards
- move upwards
Example in sentence:
- lift one's eyes
Meaning (12):
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- take (root crops) out of the ground
Example in sentence:
- lift potatoes
Meaning (13):
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
Example in sentence:
- lift the box onto the table
Meaning (14):
- take off or away by decreasing
- take off or away by decreasing
Example in sentence:
- lift the pressure
Meaning (15):
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
Example in sentence:
- lift the tulip bulbs
Meaning (16):
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- raise from a lower to a higher position
Example in sentence:
- Lift a load;
- Raise your hands
Meaning (17):
- take illegally
- take illegally
Example in sentence:
- rustle cattle
Meaning (18):
- rise up
- rise up
Example in sentence:
- The building rose before them
Meaning (19):
- remove from a surface
- remove from a surface
Example in sentence:
- the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table
Meaning (20):
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Example in sentence:
- The floor is lifting slowly
Meaning (21):
- move upward
- move upward
Example in sentence:
- The fog lifted;
- The mist uprose from the meadows;
- The smoke arose from the forest fire
Meaning (22):
- raise in rank or condition
- raise in rank or condition
Example in sentence:
- The new law lifted many people from poverty
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