Lift Definition

lĭft
lifted, lifting, lifts
verb
lifted, lifting, lifts
To exert strength in raising or trying to raise something.
Webster's New World
To bring up to a higher position; raise.
Webster's New World
To pick up and move or set.
Lift the box down from the shelf.
Webster's New World
To revoke or rescind (a ban or order)
Webster's New World
To end (a blockade, siege, etc.) by withdrawing forces.
Webster's New World
noun
lifts
A lifting, raising, or rising; upward movement.
Webster's New World
The amount lifted at one time.
Webster's New World
An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.
American Heritage
Lifting power or influence.
Webster's New World
The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
idiom
lift fire
  • To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.
American Heritage
lift up one's voice
  • to raise the voice, now, esp., as in song or in jubilation, praise, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lift

Noun

Singular:
lift
Plural:
lifts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lift

  • lift fire
  • lift up one's voice

Origin of Lift

  • From Middle English lifte, lüfte, lefte (“air, sky, heaven"), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air"), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz, *luftÄ… (“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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air", literally “to raise in the air"), from Proto-Germanic *luftijanÄ… (“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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English liften from Old Norse lypta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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