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lift definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for lift

- Bring up
- Elevate
- Elevator
- Hoist
- Raise