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Definition of Lift
Pronunciation: lĭft | n. | 1. | The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. | | v. t. | 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. | | 3. | To bear; to support. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted | | 5. | A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. | | 6. | A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. | | 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. |
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