Definition of lift

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Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..

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Lift :: Lift (n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below..
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..
Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground..
Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise..
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Lift :: Lift (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifte.
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
Underheave :: Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.
Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..
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..
Uphand :: Uphand (a.) Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge..
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
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..
Clifted :: Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.
Jack :: "Jack (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5..
Tiptoe :: Tiptoe (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert..
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