| Lift (lift) |
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| n. | (l***ibreve]ft) |
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| Lift |
| [AS. lyft
air. See Loft.] |
The sky; the atmosphere; the
firmament.
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| Lift (lift) |
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| v. t. | (l***ibreve]ft) |
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| Lift |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Lifted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air] akin to
Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G.
lüften; -- pro |
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.
To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in
rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with
up.
To bear; to support.
To collect, as moneys due; to
raise.
To steal; to
carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of
cattle.
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| Lift (lift) |
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| v. i. | (l***ibreve]ft) |
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| Lift |
|
To try to raise something; to exert the
strength for raising or bearing.
To rise; to become or appear raised or
elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship
approaching it.
To live by theft.
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Act of
lifting; also, that which is lifted.
The space or distance through which
anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to
give one a lift in a wagon.
That by means of which a person or thing
lifts or is lifted
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the
lift of a lock in canals.
A lift gate. See Lift gate,
below.
A rope leading from the
masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or
supporting the end of the yard.
One of the steps of a cone
pulley.
A layer of leather in
the heel.
That portion of the
vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
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