[
UK
/lˈɪftɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɫɪftəd, ˈɫɪftɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪftəd, ˈɫɪftɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
held up in the air
stood with arms upraised
her upraised flag
How To Use lifted In A Sentence
- He had me by the arm and lifted me, forcibly, to my feet.
- The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War
- She lifted her veil with both hands.
- The tapu (sacredness) must be lifted from the manuhiri (visitors) before one can enter.
- But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
- Capital controls would be lifted, at which point the currency would devalue further. Times, Sunday Times
- Stooping, I lifted the belt, ornamental silver medallions that tinkled faintly together like coins of small denominations. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
- Reporting restrictions on the trial have been lifted .
- John lifted his eyes from his book.
- The flames still lifted from the hippies "log fire, but they were asleep in their shanties and lean-to huts. RUSHING TO PARADISE