Lift
[lɪft]
Definition
(noun.) the act of raising something; 'he responded with a lift of his eyebrow'; 'fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up'.
(noun.) a ride in a car; 'he gave me a lift home'.
(noun.) the act of giving temporary assistance.
(noun.) one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot.
(noun.) a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg.
(noun.) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground.
(verb.) remove from a surface; 'the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table'.
(verb.) take off or away by decreasing; 'lift the pressure'.
(verb.) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; 'lift the tulip bulbs'.
(verb.) remove (hair) by scalping.
(verb.) put an end to; 'lift a ban'; 'raise a siege'.
(verb.) rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; 'The floor is lifting slowly'.
(verb.) raise in rank or condition; 'The new law lifted many people from poverty'.
(verb.) call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs.
(verb.) make audible; 'He lifted a war whoop'.
(verb.) take (root crops) out of the ground; 'lift potatoes'.
(verb.) take hold of something and move it to a different location; 'lift the box onto the table'.
(verb.) move upwards; 'lift one's eyes'.
(verb.) pay off (a mortgage).
Typist: Manfred--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
(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.
(v. t.) To bear; to support.
(v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
(v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
(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.
(v. t.) To live by theft.
(n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
(n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
(n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
(n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
(n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
(n.) A handle.
(n.) An exercising machine.
(n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
(n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
(n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
(n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
(n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
(n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Checker: Sheena
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Raise, elevate, lift up.
n. [1]. Lifting, raising.[2]. [Colloquial.] Aid, assistance, help.[3]. Rise (as of a lock in canals), degree of elevation.
Typist: Naomi
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Raise, elevate, upraise, upheave, exalt, hoist, elate, erect
ANT:Lower, sink, depress, crush, overwhelm, degrade, dash, cast, hurl
Typist: Millie
Definition
n. (Scot.) the air heavens sky.
v.t. to bring to a higher position: to elevate or keep elevated: to elate: to take and carry away: (obs.) to bear support: (slang) to arrest: to steal.—v.i. to rise: to try to rise.—n. act of lifting: that which is to be raised: that which assists to lift: a hoisting-machine: advancement.—adj. Lift′able.—ns. Lift′er one who or that which lifts: (Shak.) a thief; Lift′ing-bridge a drawbridge raised so as to allow ships to pass; Lift′-pump any pump which is not a force-pump.—Lift the hand to raise it in hostility; Lift up the eyes to look direct one's eyes or thoughts to; Lift up the face to look upward as in supplication; Lift up the hand to make oath swear: to pray; Lift up the head to rejoice exult; Lift up the voice to cry loudly.—Dead lift (see Dead).
Typist: Veronica
Examples
- In the hydraulic form of elevator, a motor worked by water is employed to lift the car, although steam power is also employed to raise the water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Dare I lift you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I thought he never would have done wiping his feet, and that I must have gone out to lift him off the mat, but at last he came in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The height of the leveling strips, plus the height of the bed, lift its surface about six inches from the foundation floor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here's what may tranquillise every care, and lift the heart to rapture! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Lightwood lifted his head at the neck, and put a wine-glass to his lips. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She hesitated for a moment, holding the little volume fondly in her hands--then lifted it to her lips and kissed it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She lifted her hand impatiently, and stopped me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She assumed an injured air as they came in, never lifted her eyes from her book, or asked a single question. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Why should he not one day be lifted above the shoulders of the crowd, and feel that he had won that eminence well? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Rupert--' she lifted her face to the sky, in a muse--'he CAN only tear things to pieces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That I'm forced to do, said Caleb, still more gently, lifting up his hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As he has said it, returned madame, lifting her eyebrows a little, it is probably false. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Look here--the fog's lifting. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I don't know, says Krook, shaking his head and lifting his eyebrows. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mahomet stands there and lifts them out by the hair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Snagsby lifts his hat and returns to his little woman and his tea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he stops, and with more of those inarticulate sounds, lifts up his eyes and seems to stare at something. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He appears to be very strong and lifts heavy benches about as if he had no idea what weight was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As they go upstairs, Mr. Guppy lifts his eyebrows inquiringly and looks at Tony. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As the arm lifts upward, the pin moves along the under side of the lower arm of the rocking-lever, thus causing it to cant and shift the type-wheels to the right or left, as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typed by Connie