lift

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From Middle English lifte, lüfte, lefte (air, sky, heaven), from Old English lyft (atmosphere, air), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz, *luftan (roof, sky, air), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (to peel, break off, damage). Cognate with Old High German luft (German Luft, air), Dutch lucht (air), Old Norse lopt (loft, upper room, sky, air). More at loft.

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lift (usually uncountable; plural lifts)

  1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  2. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
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  • (gas or vapour breathed): air
  • (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere
  • (the heavens, sky): welkin

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From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (to lift, air, literally to raise in the air), from Proto-Germanic *luftijanan (to raise in the air), from Proto-Indo-European *leup- (to peel, break off, damage). Cognate with Danish løfte (to lift), Swedish lyfta (to lift), German lüften (to air, lift), Old English lyft (air). See above.

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lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past and past participle lifted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To raise.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
      Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
  2. (transitive, slang) To steal.
    • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI:
      “Wilbert Cream is a ... what's the word?” I referred to the letter. “A kleptomaniac [...] Does any thought occur to you?” “It most certainly does. I am thinking of your uncle's collection of old silver.” “Me, too.” “It presents a grave temptation to the unhappy young man.” “I don't know that I'd call him unhappy. He probably thoroughly enjoys lifting the stuff.”
  3. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  4. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
    • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, BBC Sport:
      The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start to the Premier League season but this result helps lift the pressure.
  5. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
    • 2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke”, BBC Sport Wales:
      Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.
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lift (plural lifts)

  1. An act of lifting or raising.
  2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
    He gave me a lift to the bus station.
  3. (Australian, New Zealand, UK) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
    Take the lift to the fourth floor.
  4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  5. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  6. (historical slang) A thief.
    • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 32:
      The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
  7. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
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lift n. (singular definite liftet, plural indefinite lift)

  1. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride
  2. boost

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lift c. (singular definite liften, plural indefinite lifte or lifter)

  1. carrycot
  2. elevator
  3. lift

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lift m.

  1. an elevator
  2. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride

[edit] Hungarian

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From English lift.

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  • IPA: /ˈlift/

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lift (plural liftek)

  1. lift, elevator

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lift m. inv.

  1. lift / elevator operator
  2. (tennis) topspin

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From English lift.

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lȉft m. (Cyrillic spelling ли̏фт)

  1. lift
  2. elevator

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lift m.

  1. an elevator, lift

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lift (plural lifts)

  1. elevator
  2. altitude adjustor

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