Definition of lift

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Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

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Lifter :: Lifter (n.) One who, or that which, lifts..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up..
Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Elation :: Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..
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..
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To raise or lift up; to exalt.
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate..
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Loft :: Loft (n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation.
Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Pace :: Pace (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack..
Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..
Uplift :: Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like..
Uplift :: Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock..
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..
Clift :: Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch.
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