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.