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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Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..
Elevated :: Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts..
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..
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
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..
Upraise :: Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.
Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
Extol :: Extol (v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.
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..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cliff.
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..
Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
Lift :: Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..
Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..
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