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Definition of Lift
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Lift
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. 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. 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. 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 hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. A handle. An exercising machine. 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. Related Definitions:
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Lift Quotations
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground. Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. Victor Hugo Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. Lord Byron You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. Henry Ford Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey |
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Lift Translations
lift in Afrikaans is optrek, hyser, styg lift in Dutch is opgraven, rooien lift in Finnish is nostaa lift in Portuguese is ascensor, elevador lift in Spanish is cscensor, subir, ascensor, cscensor, levantar lift in Swedish is hiss, lyfta |
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