Thesaurus: lifting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Lift
2. a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
3. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. -- Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. -- Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. -- Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. -- Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. -- Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
4. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge.-- Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5.-- Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health.-- Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, orvalved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water andlifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only tothe top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.-- Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and impartingmotion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.-- Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow outof water, as jibs and square foresails.
5. n:100 v raise from a lower to a higher position v take hold of something and move it to a different location v move upwards v move upward v make audible v cancel officially v make off with belongings of others v raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help v invigorate or heighten v raise in rank or condition v take off or away by decreasing v rise up v pay off (a mortgage) v take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property v take illegally v fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means v take (root crops) out of the ground v call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs v rise upward, as from pressure or moisture v put an end to v remove (hair) by scalping v remove from a seedbed or from a nursery v remove from a surface v perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face