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Meaning Of Lift
n.
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition,
estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
v. t.
To bear; to support.
v. t.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
v. t.
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift
a drove of cattle.
v. i.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for
raising or bearing.
v. i.
To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the
fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
v. t.
To live by theft.
n.
Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
n.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a
long lift.
n.
Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a
wagon.
n.
That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
n.
A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
n.
A handle.
n.
An exercising machine.
n.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
canals.
n.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
n.
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard
below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
n.
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
n.
A layer of leather in the heel.
n.
That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the
impulse is given.