Definition of lift

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Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.

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Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
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..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
Tilt Hammer :: Tilt hammer () A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.
Lift :: Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift..
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..
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..
Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..
Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
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..
Visor :: Visor (n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..
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