Lift meanings. All definitions of Lift

noun lift Typesetting. fat (def 23). 1

noun lift Printing. the quantity of paper loaded into or removed from a press or other printing machine at one time. 1

noun lift Horology. the displacement of a pallet by an escape wheel that has been unlocked. the angle through which the pallet passes when so displaced. 1

noun lift airlift (defs 1–3). 1

noun lift Something that is used for lifting, in particular. 1

verb with object lift to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist. 1

transitive verb lift raise upward 1

verb with object lift to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one's head. 1

transitive verb lift hoist 1

verb with object lift to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax: a court decision to lift the ban on strikes by teachers. 1

noun lift elevator 1

verb with object lift to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.): The citizenry will have to conserve food and water until the siege against the city is lifted. 1

noun lift act of raising 1

verb with object lift to hold up or display on high. 1

noun lift distance that sth rises 1

verb with object lift to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt (sometimes used reflexively): His first book lifted him from obscurity. By hard work they lifted themselves from poverty. 1

noun lift raising force 1

verb with object lift to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced: The congregation lifted their voices in song. 1

noun lift weight lifted, capacity 1

verb with object lift to transfer from one setting to another: For the protagonist of the new play, the author has lifted a character from an early novel. 1

noun lift ride in a vehicle 1

verb with object lift Informal. to plagiarize: Whole passages had been lifted from another book. 1

noun lift emotional uplift 1

verb with object lift Informal. to steal: His wallet was lifted on the crowded subway. 1

noun lift lifting device 1

verb with object lift airlift (def 5). 1

noun lift dumbwaiter 1

verb with object lift to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting. 1

noun lift ski-lift 1

verb with object lift Horology. (of an escape wheel) to move (a pallet) by moving along the outer, oblique face. 1

noun lift rise in ground, hill 1

verb with object lift to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.). 1

noun lift nautical: capacity of a ship 1

verb with object lift Golf. to pick up (the ball), as to move it from an unplayable lie. 1

noun lift lowest layer of a shoe heel 1

verb with object lift to perform a surgical face lifting on. 1

intransitive verb lift go up 1

verb with object lift Shipbuilding. to transfer (measurements and the like) from a drawing, model, etc., to a piece being built. to form (a template) according to a drawing, model, etc. 1

intransitive verb lift rise 1

verb with object lift to cease temporarily from directing (fire or bombardment) on an objective or area: They lifted the fire when the infantry began to advance. 1

transitive verb lift rescind, remove 1

verb with object lift Fox Hunting. to take (hounds) from the line of a fox to where it has just been seen. 1

transitive verb lift elevate in circumstances 1

verb without object lift to go up; yield to upward pressure: The box is too heavy to lift. The lid won't lift. 1

transitive verb lift plagiarize 1

verb without object lift to pull or strain upward in the effort to raise something: to lift at a heavy weight. 1

transitive verb lift horticulture: remove plants 1

verb without object lift to move upward or rise; rise and disperse, as clouds or fog. 1

transitive verb lift steal 1

verb without object lift (of rain) to stop temporarily. 1

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