Definition of lift

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Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

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Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..
Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..
Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To bear; to support.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A handle.
Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
Lift :: Lift (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted..
Lifter :: Lifter (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted..
Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Forelift :: Forelift (v. t.) To lift up in front.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To lift and take up.
Tab :: Tab (n.) A loop for pulling or lifting something.
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
Uplifting :: Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplif.
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