Definition of lift

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Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise..

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Bite :: Bite (v.) The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another..
Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc..
Teagle :: Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Upraise :: Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.
Uplift :: Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle..
Strain :: Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..
Uplift :: Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock..
Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cliff.
Raising :: Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life..
Cockhorse :: Cockhorse (a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse..
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Lift :: Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Elevated :: Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts..
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