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lift English

Meaning lift meaning

What does lift mean?
Definitions in simple English

lift Verb

— Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up. He lifted the little boy onto his shoulders. She lifted the heavy box from the floor onto the table. He is lifting some suitcases.

lift Noun

— If you give someone a lift, you drive them somewhere, usually in your car. — A lift is a machine that lifts people up or down to different parts of a building.

lift

— verb (= raise) raise from a lower to a higher position Raise your hands Lift a load — verb take hold of something and move it to a different location lift the box onto the table — verb move upwards lift one's eyes — verb make audible He lifted a war whoop — verb (= arise, uprise) move upward The fog lifted The smoke arose from the forest fire The mist uprose from the meadows — verb (= revoke, vacate) cancel officially He revoked the ban on smoking lift an embargo vacate a death sentence — verb (= raise) raise in rank or condition The new law lifted many people from poverty — noun the act of giving temporary assistance — verb take off or away by decreasing lift the pressure — verb invigorate or heighten lift my spirits lift his ego — verb (= hoist) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car — verb (= pilfer) make off with belongings of others — verb pay off (a mortgage) — verb take (root crops) out of the ground lift potatoes — verb call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs — verb remove from a seedbed or from a nursery lift the tulip bulbs — verb remove from a surface the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table — verb remove (hair) by scalping — verb (= raise) put an end to lift a ban raise a siege — verb rise upward, as from pressure or moisture The floor is lifting slowly — noun (= raise) the act of raising something he responded with a lift of his eyebrow fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up — noun a ride in a car he gave me a lift home — noun one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot — noun a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg — noun a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground — noun (= elevation, raising) the event of something being raised upward an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity — noun 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 — noun (= airlift) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) — verb (= face-lift) perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face — noun (= aerodynamic lift) the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity — verb (= airlift) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means Food is airlifted into Bosnia — verb (= rustle) take illegally rustle cattle — verb (= rise) rise up The building rose before them — verb (= plagiarize) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property — noun (= face lift, face lifting) 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 — noun (= ski tow) a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

Synonyms lift synonyms

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lift English » English

raise elevate elevator pick up heave hoist rise carry uplift lift up raise up lever get up remove rear arise take ride go up boost pinch exalt ascend airlift turn up take off steal raising pry promote pilfer hold help heft uprise upheave take up swipe stop stand up soar purloin move up lifting levitate hold up heighten facelift erect end

Topics lift topics

What do people use lift to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lift
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Floor, story
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move up
Physical actions Move Travel

Travel in space
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Happy
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression
Social behavior Authority

Honor
Social behavior Religion Practice religion

Worship

Conjugation lift conjugation

How do you conjugate lift?

lift · verb

Examples lift examples

How do I use lift in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The lid of this box won't lift.
Can I give you three a lift?
Lift up your arms.
Is there a lift?
The lift was not working.
The lift wasn't working.
If you hadn't given me a lift, I would have missed the train.
Tom got stuck in a lift.
Why doesn't the lift work?
They are entering the lift.
Give me a lift in your car.
Will you give me a lift to the station?
Could you give me a lift to the train station?
I can't lift my right arm.
I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.
The box was too heavy for him to lift.
The box was so heavy that I couldn't lift it.
The stone was so heavy that nobody could lift it.
The stone is too heavy for me to lift.
You wanna help me lift this up?
This box is too heavy for me alone to lift.
Can you give me a lift to the station?
You cannot lift the piano alone.
You can't lift the piano.
Can you lift this stone?
This stone was so heavy that I could not lift it.
He wouldn't even lift a finger.
I cannot lift this stone.

Movie subtitles

Ready.set. lift.
Um. I just need you to lift up your arm for me.
Perhaps he gave a patient a lift home after an extraction.
That's it, lift it off, Perry, go on.
But no single man has the strength to lift a body from an overhang.
Lift up the ramp.
We could lift them easy tonight.
Hey, brother, can you give us a lift into town?
Lift, please.
Thank you so much for the lift, Mr. Bond.
Lift the skirts up a little higher.
Now lift your dresses up.
Lift your dresses up.
Look, you've just got to do this just this once, because remember, this is for Jim. (PEOPLE CHEERING) Can I give you a lift?
Dolphin III, lift off.
This people's friend, lift him up!
Come on, lift him up.
I lift. That's.
Don't lift until I tell you.
Don't try to lift it.
Lift your head.
Could I get a lift in that van?
I'll lift these things.
Lift with them and turn around!
Lift them.
Are you planning to really lift him up and down?
Let me give you a lift, Kate.
Won't you let me give you a lift?
Give me a lift.
Why, you dumbbell, you couldn't lift a bag of cement.
You couldn't even lift a bag of feathers.
Can I lift a bag of cement or not?
Here, lift her up a little, here.
It's 14 miles. - Could I get a lift in that van?

News and current affairs

But if that same money were used for gas electrification, we could lift almost 100 million people out of darkness and poverty.
That the US welcomed the steps taken so far was indicated by the Clinton administration's decision to actually implement its previously announced intention to lift trade sanctions on North Korean exports.
Eiland even advised Israel's government to recognize Hamas's rule in Gaza, lift the siege, and negotiate a prolonged cease-fire directly with the movement.
Although European Union leaders have managed to keep the eurozone intact, they lack a long-term strategy to lift their economies out of the doldrums.
The key issue here is how to lift the now almost fifty-year old US embargo on trade, investment, and travel to Cuba unilaterally, while portraying it as the result of a negotiation.
Even income policies that lift wages, and hence labor income and consumption, are a better source of domestic growth than currency depreciations (which depress real wages).
After initially believing that its economy was so strong that it would not only be unaffected by America's slowdown but also maintain robust growth, Europe has turned to looking to the US recovery to lift it out of its malaise.
What he needs to do is abandon the politics of blame and get on with implementing a coordinated policy package designed to lift Argentina's international competitiveness.
Ultra-low interest rates lift asset prices in two ways: they increase the present value of the future income stream of a stock or a fixed-income bond; and they make credit and property purchases more affordable.
Thus, by whenever the Union should decide to lift its ban on weapons exports to China, the EU could help fuel an arms race in East Asia.
Persson had discovered that he lacked a majority in the Swedish parliament to lift the arms embargo on China.
A healthy French economy would do wonders to help lift the eurozone out of its malaise.
Modi's goal is to lift India into the top 50 - a bold ambition given that the country currently sits at 142.
In the aftermath of Israel's assault on Gaza, Palestinians hoped that Israel would choose a leader who would focus on the need to end the suffering, lift the siege, and begin rebuilding.
To this end, Obama and Romney will need to lift the impediments to growth and job creation.
After all, World War II is widely thought to have helped lift the global economy out of the Great Depression.
While the US should lift its trade embargo as soon as Cuba's transition begins, everything else should be conditional on Cuba initiating a process of resolving all outstanding issues.
Can China help lift the world's poorest region out of its deep economic and political malaise?
For example, the overwhelming majority of new power stations in China and India - necessary to drive the industrialization that will lift hundreds of millions out of poverty - will be coal-fired.
In the early 1990s, the World Bank prevailed on Mozambique to liberalize the cashew sector and to lift the remaining restrictions on exports of raw cashews.
While Saudi production policies were clearly behind last year's halving of the oil price, the latest plunge began on July 6, within days of the deal to lift international sanctions against Iran.
The organization has inspired a worldwide campaign to lift children out of exploitation and into education.
The fact is that only structural transformation can lift a middle-income developing country to high-income developed status.
America's CIA director, Porter Goss, testified about a worsening military balance in the Taiwan Strait; and President George W. Bush pleaded with Europeans not to lift their embargo on arms sales to China.
On the contrary, it might merely divert attention from other issues of no less moment for those struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.
After all, who could be against an activity that produces uplifting stories like the cell phone ladies of Bangladesh, who lift themselves out of poverty by obtaining loans to buy phones and then selling minutes to others in the village.
For Africans, however, these changes are cosmetic, doing little or nothing to lift cotton prices.
As a result, both issues may well have to be addressed successfully prior to any move to lift the sanctions.
Kan undoubtedly hopes that success in convincing trade partners to lift their bans on such products will boost his exceptionally weak domestic political support.
Doing so would help more countries take South Korea's path and lift their populations out of poverty.
With the Internet now such an important resource in the modern world, broadband has become a vital technology, promising to boost economic growth, lift people out of poverty, and improve their health, nutrition, and education.

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