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Lift 1Definition: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
Lift 2Definition: 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. Lift 3Definition: To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; often with up. Lift 4Definition: To bear; to support. Lift 5Definition: To collect, as moneys due; to raise. Lift 6Definition: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. Lift 7Definition: To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Lift 8Definition: To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. Lift 9Definition: To live by theft. Lift 10Definition: Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. Lift 11Definition: The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Lift 12Definition: Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. Lift 13Definition: That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted Lift 14Definition: A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. Lift 15Definition: A handle. Lift 16Definition: An exercising machine. Lift 17Definition: A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. Lift 18Definition: A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. Lift 19Definition: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. Lift 20Definition: One of the steps of a cone pulley. Lift 21Definition: A layer of leather in the heel. Lift 22Definition: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. lift 23Definition: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" lift 24Definition: a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home" lift 25Definition: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) lift 26Definition: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" lift 27Definition: the act of giving temporary assistance lift 28Definition: lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building lift 29Definition: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot lift 30Definition: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg lift 31Definition: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill lift 32Definition: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground lift 33Definition: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" lift 34Definition: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity lift 35Definition: perform cosmetic surgery on someone''s face lift 36Definition: remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" lift 37Definition: take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" lift 38Definition: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" lift 39Definition: remove (hair) by scalping lift 40Definition: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" lift 41Definition: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly" lift 42Definition: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" lift 43Definition: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" lift 44Definition: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs lift 45Definition: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" lift 46Definition: make audible; "He lifted a war whoop" lift 47Definition: take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes" lift 48Definition: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" lift 49Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" lift 50Definition: take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table" lift 51Definition: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" lift 52Definition: move upwards; "lift one''s eyes" lift 53Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" lift 54Definition: make off with belongings of others lift 55Definition: take illegally; "rustle cattle" lift 56Definition: take without referencing from someone else''s writing or speech; of intellectual property lift 57Definition: pay off (a mortgage) lift 58Definition: rise up; "The building rose before them"
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