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lift
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[ verb ] raise from a lower to a higher position
Examples "Raise your hands" "Lift a load" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)By lifting the seat upwards a_little , the weight is taken_off the neck and the back is kept rounded . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)In the upper center of Braque 's first collage , Fruit_Dish ( in Douglas_Cooper 's collection ) , a bunch of grapes is rendered with such conventionally vivid sculptural effect as to lift it practically off the picture_plane . (Francis Pollini, Night....)The music arrived , taking him , its rhythm stroked him , snaked all through him , the lyrics lifted him , took him from one magic isle to another , stopping briefly at each . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)John lifted his hand for silence . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Eileen declared she could n't lift her head from the pillow . |
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[ verb ] take hold of something and move it to a different location
Examples "lift the box onto the table" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)`` Lift , do n't shove * * h lift '' . `` O.K. , I'm lifting '' . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)He adjusted the hat , lifted the horn to his lips as_though it were a flute , and fell_in alongside our fingerprint_expert to cavort with him . |
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[ verb ] annul by recalling or rescinding
Examples "He revoked the ban on smoking" "lift an embargo" "vacate a death sentence" Used in print (James Blish, The Star Dwellers....)You may reclaim your property , and the penalty on Hesperus is lifted . Related terms cancel renege reverse abrogation reversal vacation revocation |
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[ verb ] make audible
Examples "He lifted a war whoop" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Sleepily , as if half reluctant to break the silence , he lifted his voice : `` Rhu-beb ni_ice fresh rhu-beb today '' ! Related terms |
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[ verb ] move upward
Examples "The fog lifted" "The smoke arose from the forest fire" "The mist uprose from the meadows" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Early in November the clouds lifted enough to carry_out the assigned missions . |
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[ verb ] move upwards
Synonyms Examples "lift one's eyes" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Mark asked , and Abel lifted his eyes from the double lines in the middle of the road , the twin white ribbons which the car swallowed rapidly as it ascended the crest of the hill and came_down . |
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[ verb ] raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Examples "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Too often a beginning bodybuilder has to do his training secretly either because his parents do n't want sonny-boy to `` lift all those old barbell things '' because `` you 'll stunt your growth '' or because childish taunts from his schoolmates , like `` Hey , lookit Mr._America , whaddya gonna do with all those muscles ( of which he has none at the time ) '' ? |
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[ verb ] (criminal law) make off with belongings of others
Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Whether the pair of Sudanese ivory carvings you lifted really possess the juju to turn your livers to lead , as a dealer in Khartoum assured me , I am not competent to say . |
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[ verb ] raise in rank or condition
Examples : "The new law lifted many people from poverty" Used in print There is an almost instrumental quality to their singing , with a tendency to lift out important lines and make them lead the musical texture . |
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[ noun ] the act of giving temporary assistance
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[ noun ] the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
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[ verb ] call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
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[ verb ] (surgery) perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
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[ verb ] remove from a surface
Examples "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" Related terms |
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[ noun ] lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
Synonyms Related terms lifting_device paternoster freight_elevator dumbwaiter building car raise |
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[ verb ] remove from a seedbed or form a nursery, as of bulbs
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[ noun ] (transportation) conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
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[ verb ] remove by scalping, of hair
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[ verb ] (criminal law,writing) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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[ verb ] rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
Examples "The floor is lifting slowly" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (business) pay off; as of mortgages
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[ noun ] (medicine,surgery) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Examples "some actresses have more than one face lift" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation,business) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are blocked)
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