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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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..
Lifting :: Lifting (a.) Used in, or for, or by, lifting..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form..
Elevator :: Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..
Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar..
Raising :: Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life..
Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..
Forelift :: Forelift (v. t.) To lift up in front.
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..
Hoist :: Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight..
Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Upheave :: Upheave (v. t.) To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.
Lift :: Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..
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