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1. n. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air. | |
2. n. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere. | |
3. v. To raise or rise. | |
The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear. | |
You never lift a finger to help me! | |
4. v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic (m, got, ???????) "thief", cognate with cog, la, cleptus and Greek m, grc, κλέπτω) in Cleasby/Vi | |
5. v. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.). | |
6. v. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.) | |
7. v. to cause to move upwards. | |
8. v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift. | |
She lifts twice a week at the gym. | |
9. v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. | |
10. v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up. | |
11. v. (obsolete) To bear; to support. | |
12. v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. | |
13. v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context. | |
14. v. (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale. | |
15. n. An act of lifting or raising. | |
16. n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | |
He gave me a lift to the bus station. | |
17. n. (UK, 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. | |
18. n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft. | |
19. n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock. | |
20. n. (historical slang) A thief. | |
21. n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air. | |
22. n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically. | |
23. n. An improvement in mood. | |
24. n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted. | |
25. n. A rise; a degree of elevation. | |
the lift of a lock in canals | |
26. n. A lift gate. | |
27. n. (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. | |
28. n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley. | |
29. n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe. | |
30. n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. | |