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Lift   /lɪft/   Listen
noun
Lift  n.  The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. (Obs. or Scot.)


Lift  n.  
1.
Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
2.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
3.
Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift"; as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift into town. (Colloq.) "The goat gives the fox a lift."
4.
That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as:
(a)
A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (Chiefly Brit.)
(b)
An exercising machine.
5.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
6.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. (Prov. Eng.)
7.
(Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
8.
(Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
9.
(Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
10.
(Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
11.
A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement.
Dead lift. See under Dead.
Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
Lift lock, a canal lock.
Lift pump, a lifting pump.
Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.


verb
Lift  v. t.  (past & past part. lifted; pres. part. lifting)  
1.
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.
2.
To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; often with up. "The Roman virtues lift up mortal man." "Lest, being lifted up with pride."
3.
To bear; to support. (Obs.)
4.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
5.
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. "He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered."
To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross.
To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer.
To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief.
To lift up the hand.
(a)
To take an oath.
(b)
To pray.
(c)
To engage in duty.
To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress.
To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice.
To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or unkindness.
To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out.


Lift  v. i.  
1.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. "Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy."
2.
To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
3.
To steal; also, to live by theft.





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... policy of exclusion. But the courts of law are said to have given him the first great opportunity of revealing his extraordinary powers to the world. As an advocate for a friend called Vettius, he delivered a speech which seemed to lift him to a plane unapproachable by the other orators of the day. The spectacle of the crowd almost raving with joy and frantically applauding the new-found hero, showed that a man had appeared who could really touch the hearts of the ...
— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge
... however moderate, would not have been brought round by the remedy which did me so much good. Miserably feeble I still am, and shall continue till May or June (if it please God to spare my life till then), when, if it be fine weather, Sam will lift me down stairs and into the pony-chaise, and I may get stronger. Well, in the midst of the terrible cough, which did not allow me to lie down in bed, and a weakness difficult to describe, I finished "Atherton." I did it against orders and against warning, because I had an impression that ...
— Yesterdays with Authors • James T. Fields
... that 'ere mortar out of a block of granite. They pecked that big, deep hole in it with a hammer and hand-drill. That hole is more'n two feet deep, but they pecked it out, and then made a big stone pestle nearly as heavy as a man could lift, ...
— A Busy Year at the Old Squire's • Charles Asbury Stephens
... raise my faither in my arms, and, dark as it was, I could see his blood upon the snaw—and a dreadfu' sight it was for a son to see! I couldna see where he had been hurt; and still, though he groaned but once, I didna think he was dead, and I strove and strove again to lift him upon the back o' the powney, and take him back to Glanton; but though I fought wi' my heart like to burst a' the time, I couldna accomplish it. 'Oh, what shall I do?' said I, and cried and shouted for help—for the snaw fell sae fast, and the drift was sae ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, XXII • various
... If I remember rightly it only occupied a couple of hours, therefore I judge that the distance was very little, if any, over fifty miles. We quitted the train at Oos, and walked the entire remaining distance to Baden-Baden, with the exception of a lift of less than an hour which we got on a passing wagon, the weather being exhaustingly warm. We came ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


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