Definition of lift

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Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

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Lift :: Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise..
Forelift :: Forelift (v. t.) To lift up in front.
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) 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 :: Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.
Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..
Lifted :: Lifted (imp. & p. p.) of Lif.
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
Teagle :: Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
Liftable :: Liftable (a.) Such as can be lifted.
Extol :: Extol (v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..
Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Power :: Power (n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end..
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..
Lift :: Lift (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar..
Lift :: Lift (n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below..
Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..
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