lift

[[t]lɪft[/t]]

v. t.

1) to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist

2) to raise or direct upward:

to lift one's head[/ex]

3) to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax

4) to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.)

5) to hold up or display on high

6) to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt

7) to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced

8) inf Informal. to plagiarize

9) inf Informal. to steal

10) airlift 3)

11) to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting

12) to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.)

13) to go up; yield to upward pressure:

The balloon lifted[/ex]

14) to pull or strain upward in the effort to raise something

15) to move upward or rise; rise and disperse, as clouds or fog

16) (of rain) to stop temporarily

17) to rise to view above the horizon when approached, as land seen from the sea

18) the act of lifting, raising, or rising

19) the distance that anything rises or is raised

20) a lifting or raising force

21) the weight, load, or quantity lifted

22) an act or instance of helping to climb

23) a ride in a vehicle, esp. one given to a pedestrian

24) a feeling of exaltation or uplift

25) assistance or aid

26) mac a device or apparatus for lifting

27) a movement in which a dancer, skater, etc., lifts up a partner

28) spo

a) ski lift

b) chairlift

29) brit. Brit.

elevator 2)

30) inf Informal. a theft

31) a rise or elevation of ground

32) aer. the component of force exerted by air on an airfoil in a direction perpendicular to the forward motion and opposite to the pull of gravity

33) clo the bottom layer on the heel of a boot or shoe

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- lift a finger or hand

Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < ON lypta, der. of lopt air, c. MHG lüften; cf. loft lift′a•ble, adj. lift′er, n.