| lift | |
| 1. s. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air. | |
| 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. | |
