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UK
/lˈɪft/
]
[ US /ˈɫɪft/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪft/ ]
VERB
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fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Food is airlifted into Bosnia -
rise up
The building rose before them -
take hold of something and move it to a different location
lift the box onto the table -
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car -
cancel officially
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
He revoked the ban on smoking - remove (hair) by scalping
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invigorate or heighten
lift my spirits
lift his ego -
raise from a lower to a higher position
Lift a load
Raise your hands -
take illegally
rustle cattle -
make audible
He lifted a war whoop -
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
lift the tulip bulbs -
move upwards
lift one's eyes - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- pay off (a mortgage)
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raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty - make off with belongings of others
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take off or away by decreasing
lift the pressure -
take (root crops) out of the ground
lift potatoes -
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
The floor is lifting slowly -
remove from a surface
the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
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put an end to
lift a ban
raise a siege - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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move upward
The mist uprose from the meadows
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
NOUN
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
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the act of raising something
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
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the event of something being raised upward
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon -
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
some actresses have more than one face lift -
a ride in a car
he gave me a lift home - the act of giving temporary assistance
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
How To Use lift In A Sentence
- Begin by tightening your buttocks and lifting your hips off the floor.
- You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
- Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
- Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards. Healthy By Nature
- Other procedures available are otoplasty (ear correction), rhinoplasty, liposculpture, penile enhancement and face, neck and brow lifts to name but a few.
- To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
- It found itself subjected to harsh rain it was ill equipped for, dissolving the sandstone facades of it's buildings slowly, even as the people chose not to lift their eyes and notice it.
- He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
- On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.