lift

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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.

Noun [edit]

lift (usually uncountable; plural lifts)

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

Etymology 2 [edit]

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.

Verb [edit]

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.
  6. (informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
    She can lift twice her bodyweight.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to raise
to steal

Noun [edit]

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. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
  9. an improvement in mood
    • November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [1]
      The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
  10. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  11. A rise; a degree of elevation.
    the lift of a lock in canals
  12. A lift gate.
  13. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
  14. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  15. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  16. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Saunier to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people
the act of transporting someone in a vehicle
an upward force
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Anagrams [edit]

Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

lift n (singular definite liftet, plural indefinite lift)

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

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of lift
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative lift liftet lift liftene
genitive lifts liftets lifts liftenes

Noun [edit]

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

  1. carrycot
  2. elevator
  3. lift

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of lift
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative lift liften lifte
lifter		 liftene
lifterne
genitive lifts liftens liftes
lifters		 liftenes
lifternes

Dutch [edit]

From English

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lift m (plural liften, diminutive liftje)

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

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English lift.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈlift/

Noun [edit]

lift (plural liftek)

  1. lift, elevator

Declension [edit]

declension of lift
singular plural
nominative lift liftek
accusative liftet lifteket
dative liftnek lifteknek
instrumental lifttel liftekkel
causal-final liftért liftekért
translative liftté liftekké
terminative liftig liftekig
essive-formal liftként liftekként
essive-modal - -
inessive liftben liftekben
superessive liften lifteken
adessive liftnél lifteknél
illative liftbe liftekbe
sublative liftre liftekre
allative lifthez liftekhez
elative liftből liftekből
delative liftről liftekről
ablative lifttől liftektől
possessives of lift
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. liftem liftjeim
2nd person sing. lifted liftjeid
3rd person sing. liftje liftjei
1st person plural liftünk liftjeink
2nd person plural liftetek liftjeitek
3rd person plural liftjük liftjeik

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Compound words

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

lift m (invariable)

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

Derived terms [edit]

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English lift.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lȉft m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏фт)

  1. lift
  2. elevator

Declension [edit]

    declension of lift
singular plural
nominative lȉft lìftovi
genitive lifta lìftōvā
dative liftu liftovima
accusative lift liftove
vocative lifte liftovi
locative liftu liftovima
instrumental liftom liftovima

Slovak [edit]

Noun [edit]

lift m

  1. an elevator, lift

Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

lift (plural lifts)

  1. elevator
  2. altitude adjustor

Declension [edit]

declension of lift
singular plural
nominative lift lifts
genitive lifta liftas
dative lifte liftes
accusative lifti liftis
predicative liftu liftus
vocative o lift! o lifts!
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