lift

1. n. The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bear; to support. Source: opted

5. v. t. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. Source: opted

6. v. t. To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. Source: opted

7. v. i. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Source: opted

8. v. i. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. Source: opted

9. v. t. To live by theft. Source: opted

10. n. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. Source: opted

11. n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Source: opted

12. n. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. Source: opted

13. n. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted Source: opted

14. n. A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. Source: opted

15. n. A handle. Source: opted

16. n. An exercising machine. Source: opted

17. n. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. Source: opted

18. n. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. Source: opted

19. n. A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. Source: opted

20. n. One of the steps of a cone pulley. Source: opted

21. n. A layer of leather in the heel. Source: opted

22. n. That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Source: opted

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