Definition of lift

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Lift (v. i.) To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it..

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Upraise :: Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.
Elative :: Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases..
Muscle :: Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form..
Arrected :: Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.
Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
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)..
Elevated :: Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To bear; to support.
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..
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Clifted :: Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Elate :: Elate (a.) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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 (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
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