2. s. (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. s. An act of lifting or raising.
16. s. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
He gave me a lift to the bus station.
17. s. (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. s. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
19. s. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
20. s. (historical slang) A thief.
21. s. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
22. s. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
23. s. An improvement in mood.
24. s. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
25. s. A rise; a degree of elevation.
the lift of a lock in canals
26. s. A lift gate.
27. s. (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. s. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
29. s. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
30. s. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
elevator
1. s. Elevador, ascensor.
elevator
1. s. Anything that raises or uplifts.
2. s. (US) A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.
3. s. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
4. s. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
5. s. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
6. s. (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
7. s. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
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