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Lift :: Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..

Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

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

Elative :: Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases..

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..

Arrected :: Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.

Raised :: Raised (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work..

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..

Tiptoe :: Tiptoe (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert..

Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

Movable :: Movable (a.) Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine..

Teagle :: Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.

Pulley :: Pulley (b. t.) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..

Lift :: Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..

Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction from one which lifts the water only to the top of the pump or delivers it through a spout. See Illust. of Plunger pump, under Plunger..

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