to move or bring upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one's head.
to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax: a court decision to lift the ban on strikes by teachers.
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to stop or put an end to: The citizenry will have to conserve food and water until the siege against the city is lifted.
to hold up or display on high.
to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt: His first book lifted him from obscurity. By hard work they lifted themselves from poverty.
to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced: The congregation lifted their voices in song.
to transfer from one setting to another: For the protagonist of the new play, the author has lifted a character from an early novel.
Informal. to plagiarize: Whole passages had been lifted from another book.
Informal. to steal: His wallet was lifted on the crowded subway.
British. elevator. any device used to lift or elevate, as a dumbwaiter or hoist.
Informal. a theft.
a rise or elevation of ground.
Aeronautics. the component of the aerodynamic force exerted by the air on an airfoil, having a direction perpendicular to the direction of motion and causing an aircraft to stay aloft.
Nautical. the capacity of a cargo ship measured in dead-weight tons.topping lift.
one of the layers of leather forming the heel of a boot or shoe.
a special arch support built or inserted into footwear.
Mining. the slice or thickness of ore mined in one operation.
Building Trades. the height of the quantity of concrete poured into a form at one time.
Naval Architecture. any of the horizontal planks forming a type of half model , able to be removed and measured as a guide to laying out the water lines of the vessel at full scale.
There are many more, but these items are relatively simple and if businesses did them, they would see a near-term lift in visibility and conversions.
It offers 13 inches of vertical lift, 360 degrees of rotation and 75 degrees of tilt, which allow it to be flexible in a variety of workspace conditions including sit-and-stand desks and creative studios.
Though electric forces alone are not enough to explain dust lift on Mars, the forces “are critical in the dust-lifting process and should be taken into account,” says Germán Martínez of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.
However, some brands are seeing revenue lift in large part due to added virtual events, including Teen Vogue and its Teen Vogue Prom franchise that took place this spring.
That generates lift — upward force that helps an object stay in the air.
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.
The Kurds claimed at least 100 Islamic militants were killed in the two-day battle to lift the siege.
But only Congress has the ability to completely lift the trade embargo, which has been in place since 1962.
And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!
He rose upon it, it was under him, he felt its lift and irresistible momentum; almost it bore him up the steps.
A girl was moved to pity by a picture of a lamb caught in a thicket, and tried to lift the branch that lay across the animal.