Lift

English Meaning

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise: lift one's eyes; lifted the suitcase.
2. To transport by air: The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet.
3. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo.
4. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
5. To cease (artillery fire) in an area.
6. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem.
7. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
8. To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
9. To project or sound in loud, clear tones: lifted their voices in song.
10. Informal To steal; pilfer: A thief lifted my wallet.
11. Informal To copy from something already published; plagiarize: lifted whole paragraphs from the encyclopedia.
12. To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).
13. To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
14. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
15. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
16. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
17. To rise; ascend.
18. To yield to upward pressure: These windows lift easily.
19. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising: By afternoon the smog had lifted.
20. To stop temporarily: The rain lifted by morning.
21. To become elevated; soar: Their spirits lifted when help came.
22. The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.
23. Power or force available for raising: the lift of a pump.
24. An amount or a weight raised or capable of being raised at one time; a load.
25. The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
26. The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.
27. A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.
28. An elevation of the spirits: The good news gave us a lift.
29. A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body: the lift of his chin.
30. A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.
31. One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.
32. Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.
33. A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination: gave my friend a lift into town.
34. Assistance or help: gave her a lift with her heavy packages.
35. A set of pumps used in a mine.
36. The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.
37. lift off To begin flight: The spacecraft lifted off at noon.
38. lift fire To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.

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