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lift
(lĭft)v. lift·ed, lift·ing, lifts
v.tr.
1.
a. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise: lift one's eyes; lifted the suitcase.
b. To transport by air: The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet.
2.
a. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo.
b. To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.
3. To cease (artillery fire) in an area.
4.
a. To raise in condition, rank, or esteem: work that lifted her in the eyes of her colleagues.
b. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
5. To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
6. To project or sound in loud, clear tones: lifted their voices in song.
7. Informal To steal; pilfer: A thief lifted my wallet.
8. Informal To copy from something already published; plagiarize: lifted whole paragraphs from the encyclopedia.
9. To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).
10. To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.
11.
a. Sports To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.
b. To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.
c. To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.
v.intr.
1.
a. To rise; ascend.
b. To yield to upward pressure: These windows lift easily.
2.
a. To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising: By afternoon the smog had lifted.
b. To stop temporarily: The rain lifted by morning.
3. To become elevated; soar: Their spirits lifted when help came.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.
2. Power or force available for raising: the lift of a pump.
3. An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.
4.
a. The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.
b. The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.
5. A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.
6. An elevation of the spirits: The good news gave us a lift.
7. A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body: the lift of his chin.
8. A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.
9. One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.
10. Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.
11. A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination: gave my friend a lift into town.
12. Assistance or help: gave her a lift with her heavy packages.
13. A set of pumps used in a mine.
14. The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.
lift off
Idiom: To begin flight: The spacecraft lifted off at noon.
lift fire
To increase the range of artillery fire by elevating the muzzle of a piece.
[Middle English liften, from Old Norse lypta.]
lift′a·ble adj.
lift′er n.
Synonyms: lift, raise, elevate, hoist, heave, boost
These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift. Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question. Elevate emphasizes the sustained or permanent status of the change in position: elevated his sprained ankle; elevated the highway over major thoroughfares. Hoist is applied principally to the lifting of heavy objects, often by mechanical means: hoist a sunken ship. To heave is to lift or raise with great effort or force: heaved the pack onto his back. Boost suggests upward movement effected by pushing from below: boosted the child into the saddle. See Also Synonyms at steal.
These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift. Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question. Elevate emphasizes the sustained or permanent status of the change in position: elevated his sprained ankle; elevated the highway over major thoroughfares. Hoist is applied principally to the lifting of heavy objects, often by mechanical means: hoist a sunken ship. To heave is to lift or raise with great effort or force: heaved the pack onto his back. Boost suggests upward movement effected by pushing from below: boosted the child into the saddle. See Also Synonyms at steal.
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lift
(lɪft)vb
1. to rise or cause to rise upwards from the ground or another support to a higher place: to lift a sack.
2. to move or cause to move upwards: to lift one's eyes.
3. (tr) to take hold of in order to carry or remove: to lift something down from a shelf.
4. (tr) to raise in status, spirituality, estimation, etc: his position lifted him from the common crowd.
5. (tr) to revoke or rescind: to lift tax restrictions.
6. to make or become audible or louder: to lift one's voice in song.
7. (tr) to take (plants or underground crops) out of the ground for transplanting or harvesting
8. (intr) to disappear by lifting or as if by lifting: the fog lifted.
9. to transport in a vehicle
10. (tr) informal to take unlawfully or dishonourably; steal
11. (tr) informal to make dishonest use of (another person's idea, writing, etc); plagiarize
12. (tr) slang to arrest
13. (tr) to perform a face-lift on
14. (Banking & Finance) (tr) US and Canadian to pay off (a mortgage, etc)
n
15. the act or an instance of lifting
16. the power or force available or used for lifting
17. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. Brit a platform, compartment, or cage raised or lowered in a vertical shaft to transport persons or goods in a building. US and Canadian word: elevator
18. the distance or degree to which something is lifted
19. a usually free ride as a passenger in a car or other vehicle
20. a rise in the height of the ground
21. a rise in morale or feeling of cheerfulness usually caused by some specific thing or event
22. (General Physics) the force required to lift an object
23. (Clothing & Fashion) a layer of the heel of a shoe, etc, or a detachable pad inside the shoe to give the wearer added height
24. aid; help
25. (Mining & Quarrying) mining
a. the thickness of ore extracted in one operation
b. a set of pumps used in a mine
26. (Aeronautics)
a. the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on a wing, etc, at right angles to the airflow
b. the upward force exerted by the gas in a balloon, airship, etc
27. (Aeronautics) See airlift1
[C13: from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse lypta, Old English lyft sky; compare loft]
ˈliftable adj
ˈlifter n
lift
(lɪft)n
Scot the sky
[Old English lyft]
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lift
(lɪft)v.t.
1. to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
2. to raise or direct upward: to lift one's head.
3. to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax.
4. to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.).
5. to hold up or display on high.
6. to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt.
7. to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced.
8. Informal. to plagiarize.
9. Informal. to steal.
10. airlift (def. 3).
11. to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting.
12. to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.).
v.i. 13. to go up; yield to upward pressure: The balloon lifted.
14. to pull or strain upward in the effort to raise something.
15. to move upward or rise; rise and disperse, as clouds or fog.
16. (of rain) to stop temporarily.
17. to rise to view above the horizon when approached, as land seen from the sea.
n. 18. the act of lifting, raising, or rising.
19. the distance that anything rises or is raised.
20. a lifting or raising force.
21. the weight, load, or quantity lifted.
22. an act or instance of helping to climb.
23. a ride in a vehicle, esp. one given to a pedestrian.
24. a feeling of exaltation or uplift.
25. assistance or aid.
26. a device or apparatus for lifting.
27. a movement in which a dancer, skater, etc., lifts up a partner.
28.
a. ski lift.
b. chair lift.
29. Brit. elevator (def. 2).
30. Informal. a theft.
31. a rise or elevation of ground.
32. the component of force exerted by air on an airfoil in a direction perpendicular to the forward motion and opposite to the pull of gravity.
33. the bottom layer on the heel of a boot or shoe.
Idioms: lift a finger or hand, to exert any effort at all.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse lypta, derivative of lopt air, c. Middle High German lüften; compare loft]
lift′a•ble, adj.
lift′er, n.
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lift
(lĭft) An upward force acting on an object. Lift can be caused because an object, such as an air balloon, contains a type of gas that weighs less than air, or because of a low-pressure area above an object, such as a wing, that is moving through a fluid. Compare drag. See Note at aerodynamics.
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lift
- heavy - From the Proto-Germanic verb khabjan, "lift," came the noun khabiz, "weight," which begat the Dutch hevig and then English heavy.
- hover - Comes from hove, "raise, lift, rise" or "linger, wait."
- lift - The action of cutting a deck of cards used to be called the lift.
- weigh - First meant "carry, lift, bear, raise up."
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lift
– elevator1. 'lift'
In British English, a lift is a device that moves up and down inside a tall building and carries people from one floor to another.
I took the lift to the eighth floor.
2. 'elevator'
In American English, a device like this is called an elevator.
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lift
Past participle: lifted
Gerund: lifting
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
lift
1. elevator
2. (in an automobile) ride
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| Noun | 1. |  lift - the act of giving temporary assistanceassist, assistance, help, aid - the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| 2. |  lift - the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravityaerodynamic force - forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids) ground effect - apparent increase in aerodynamic lift experienced by an aircraft flying close to the ground | |
| 3. |  lift - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" | |
| 4. | lift - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | |
| 5. |  lift - a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hillchair lift, chairlift - a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation rope tow - a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto surface lift - a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground | |
| 6. | lift - a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" | |
| 7. | lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" top lift - the bottom layer of a heel | |
| 8. |  lift - 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 buildingbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" elevator car, car - where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" dumbwaiter, food elevator - a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another freight elevator, service elevator - an elevator designed for carrying freight lifting device - a device for lifting heavy loads paternoster - a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor | |
| 9. |  lift - 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; "some actresses have more than one face lift"nose job, rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose anaplasty, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | |
| 10. |  lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another | |
| 11. | lift - a ride in a car; "he gave me a lift home" | |
| 12. | lift - the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling | |
| Verb | 1. | lift - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" get up - cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders kick up - cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust" hoist, wind, lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" hoist - move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman" underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate" skid - elevate onto skids pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar heighten - increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" |
| 2. | lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table" | |
| 3. | lift - move upwards; "lift one's eyes" | |
| 4. |  lift - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" go up - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town" chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled" steam - rise as vapor | |
| 5. | lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop" | |
| 6. | lift - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" | |
| 7. |  lift - make off with belongings of others steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
| 8. | lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" | |
| 9. | lift - invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" | |
| 10. | lift - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dignify - raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer" exalt - raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser" | |
| 11. | lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" | |
| 12. | lift - rise up; "The building rose before them" appear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" hulk, tower, loom, predominate - appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" | |
| 13. | lift - pay off (a mortgage) | |
| 14. | lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" crib - take unauthorized (intellectual material) steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
| 15. | lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | |
| 16. |  lift - fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" | |
| 17. | lift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes" | |
| 18. | lift - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs | |
| 19. | lift - rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly" | |
| 20. | lift - put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" | |
| 21. | lift - remove (hair) by scalping scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" | |
| 22. | lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" | |
| 23. | lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | |
| 24. | lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" |
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lift
verb
1. raise, pick up, hoist, draw up, elevate, uplift, heave up, buoy up, raise high, bear aloft, upheave, upraise Curious shoppers lifted their children to take a closer look at the parade.
raise drop, lower
raise drop, lower
2. revoke, end, remove, withdraw, stop, relax, cancel, terminate, rescind, annul, countermand The Commission has urged them to lift their ban on imports.
revoke establish, impose
revoke establish, impose
3. exalt, raise, improve, advance, promote, boost, enhance, upgrade, elevate, dignify, cheer up, perk up, ameliorate, buoy up A brisk walk in the fresh air can lift your mood.
exalt depress
exalt depress
4. disappear, clear, vanish, disperse, dissipate, rise, be dispelled The fog had lifted and revealed a warm sunny day.
5. (Informal) steal, take, copy, appropriate, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, cabbage (Brit. slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned slang), blag (slang), pilfer, purloin, plagiarize, thieve The line could have been lifted from a Woody Allen film.
noun
1. boost, encouragement, stimulus, reassurance, uplift, pick-me-up, fillip, shot in the arm (informal), gee-up My selection for the team has given me a tremendous lift.
boost blow, letdown
boost blow, letdown
2. elevator (chiefly U.S.), hoist, paternoster They took the lift to the fourth floor.
lift off take off, be launched, blast off, take to the air The plane lifted off and climbed steeply into the night sky.
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lift
verb1. To move (something) to a higher position:
3. To rise up in flight.Also used with off:
6. To raise the spirits of:
Obsolete: exalt.
2. High spirits:
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Translations
إرْتِفاع في المَعْنَوِيَّهتَرْتَفِعتَوْصيلَهرَفْعمِصْعَد
асансьор
výtahzvednoutsvezenívzlétnoutzdvižení
elevatorliftløfteløfthæve
hissinostaanostenostokyyditä
dizaloliftpodićipovesti autom
emelfelvonólift
farhefja sig á lofthverfa, léttalyftalyfta og færa
エレベーター人を車に乗せてあげること持ち上げる
...을 올리다승강기(차에) 태워 주기
dvasios pakilimaspakilimaspavežėjimassklaidytis
aizvestbraukšanacelšanaceltceltnis
liftvýťahvzlietnuťzvezenie
dvigalodvignitiprevoz
hissskjutslyftlyfta
การโดยสารไปด้วยยกขึ้นลิฟต์
nâng lênsự đi nhờ xethang máy
lift
[lɪft]A. N
1. (Brit) (= elevator) → ascensor m; (for goods) → montacargas m inv
2. (esp Brit) (in car) never accept lifts from strangers → nunca te montes en un coche con extraños
can I give you a lift? → ¿quiere que le lleve (en coche)?, ¿quiere que le dé aventón? (Mex), ¿quiere que le dé un aventón? (Col)
she gave me a lift home → me llevó a casa en coche, me acompañó con su coche a casa
see also hitch B1
can I give you a lift? → ¿quiere que le lleve (en coche)?, ¿quiere que le dé aventón? (Mex), ¿quiere que le dé un aventón? (Col)
she gave me a lift home → me llevó a casa en coche, me acompañó con su coche a casa
see also hitch B1
3. (fig) (= boost) to give sb a lift (psychologically) → levantar el ánimo a algn; (physically) → dar fuerzas a algn
4. (Aer) → propulsión f
B. VT
1. (= raise, pick up) [+ cover, box, head] → levantar; [+ phone, receiver] → descolgar, coger (Sp); [+ child] → tomar en brazos, coger en brazos (Sp), alzar; [+ invalid] → mover
this suitcase is too heavy for me to lift → esta maleta pesa demasiado para que yo la levante
he lifted his eyes and looked out of the window → levantó or alzó la vista y miró por la ventana
the wind lifted the balloon into the air → el viento se llevó el globo por los aires
he lifted the lid off the pan → levantó la tapadera de la olla, destapó la olla
he lifted the child onto his knee → alzó or (Sp) cogió al niño y lo sentó en su rodilla
to lift sb's spirits → levantar el ánimo a algn
she lifted her glass to her lips → se llevó el vaso a los labios
to lift weights (Sport) → hacer or levantar pesas
she never lifts a finger to help → no mueve un dedo para ayudar
to lift the lid on sth → destapar algo
this suitcase is too heavy for me to lift → esta maleta pesa demasiado para que yo la levante
he lifted his eyes and looked out of the window → levantó or alzó la vista y miró por la ventana
the wind lifted the balloon into the air → el viento se llevó el globo por los aires
he lifted the lid off the pan → levantó la tapadera de la olla, destapó la olla
he lifted the child onto his knee → alzó or (Sp) cogió al niño y lo sentó en su rodilla
to lift sb's spirits → levantar el ánimo a algn
she lifted her glass to her lips → se llevó el vaso a los labios
to lift weights (Sport) → hacer or levantar pesas
she never lifts a finger to help → no mueve un dedo para ayudar
to lift the lid on sth → destapar algo
2. (= remove) [+ restrictions, sanctions] → levantar
3. (= dig up) [+ potatoes, carrots] → recoger
C. VI
1. (= rise) → levantarse, alzarse (LAm)
3. (= disappear) [mist, fog] → disiparse; [depression] → desaparecer
his mood seemed to have lifted → parecía estar de mejor humor
his mood seemed to have lifted → parecía estar de mejor humor
4. (= cheer up) his spirits lifted at the thought of seeing her → se le levantaron los ánimos al pensar que iba a verla
D. CPD lift attendant N (Brit) → ascensorista mf
lift cage N (Brit) → caja f de ascensor
lift operator N (Brit) = lift attendant lift shaft N (Brit) → caja f or hueco m del ascensor
lift cage N (Brit) → caja f de ascensor
lift operator N (Brit) = lift attendant lift shaft N (Brit) → caja f or hueco m del ascensor
lift off
B. VI + ADV
2. [spacecraft] → despegar
lift out VT + ADV
2. (Mil) [+ troops] → evacuar
lift up
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lift
[ˈlɪft] vt
(= pick up) → soulever
It's too heavy, I can't lift it → C'est trop lourd, je ne peux pas le soulever.
It's too heavy, I can't lift it → C'est trop lourd, je ne peux pas le soulever.
(= raise) → lever
to lift one's head → lever la tête
to lift one's arm → lever le bras
to lift a glass to one's lips → porter un verre à ses lèvres
He lifted the glass to his mouth → Il porta son verre à ses lèvres.
to lift one's head → lever la tête
to lift one's arm → lever le bras
to lift a glass to one's lips → porter un verre à ses lèvres
He lifted the glass to his mouth → Il porta son verre à ses lèvres.
[+ sanctions, ban] → lever
(= increase) [+ rate] → relever
vi
[fog] → se lever
n
(in car) to give sb a lift (British) → déposer qn
He gave me a lift to the cinema → Il m'a déposé au cinéma.
Would you like a lift? → Est-ce que je peux vous déposer quelque part?
to give sb a lift home → ramener qn chez lui (or chez elle)
He had a car and often gave me a lift home → Il avait une voiture et il me ramenait souvent chez moi.
He gave me a lift to the cinema → Il m'a déposé au cinéma.
Would you like a lift? → Est-ce que je peux vous déposer quelque part?
to give sb a lift home → ramener qn chez lui (or chez elle)
He had a car and often gave me a lift home → Il avait une voiture et il me ramenait souvent chez moi.
lift off
vi [rocket, helicopter, plane] → décollerlift out
vt sep → sortir; [+ troops, evacuees] → évacuer par avion (or hélicoptère)lift up
vt sep → souleverlift attendant n (British) → liftier/ière m/flift-off [ˈlɪftɒf] n → décollage mlift shaft n (British) → cage f d'ascenseurCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lift
n
(= lifting) → Heben nt; the haughty lift of her head → ihre hochmütige Kopfhaltung; give me a lift up → heb mich mal hoch; give me a lift with this trunk → hilf mir, den Koffer hochzuheben
(Weightlifting) that was a good lift → das war eine gute Leistung; his next lift is 100 kg → beim nächsten Versuch will er 100 kg heben; different types of lift → mehrere verschiedene Hebearten pl
(= emotional uplift) to give somebody a lift → jdn aufmuntern; (drug) → jdn aufputschen; (prospect) → jdm Auftrieb geben
(in car etc) → Mitfahrgelegenheit f; to give somebody a lift (= take along) → jdn mitnehmen; (as special journey) → jdn fahren; to get a lift from somebody → von jdm mitgenommen werden/von jdm gefahren werden; want a lift? → möchten Sie mitkommen?, soll ich dich fahren?; don’t take lifts from strangers → lass dich nicht von Fremden mitnehmen
(Brit: = elevator) → Fahrstuhl m, → Aufzug m, → Lift m; (for goods) → Aufzug m; he took the lift → er fuhr mit dem Fahrstuhl etc
(Aviat) → Auftrieb m
vt
(also lift up) → hochheben; window → hochschieben; feet, head → heben; eyes → aufschlagen; hat → lüften, ziehen; potatoes etc → ernten; child etc → hochheben; to lift the baby out of his playpen → das Baby aus dem Laufgitter heben; to lift one’s hand to somebody → die Hand gegen jdn erheben; to lift the phone → den Hörer abnehmen
(fig: also lift up) → heben; voice → erheben; to lift the spirits/mood → die Stimmung heben; the news lifted him out of his depression → durch die Nachricht verflog seine Niedergeschlagenheit; the excellence of his style lifts him far above his contemporaries → sein ausgezeichneter Stil stellt ihn weit über seine Zeitgenossen
(= remove) restrictions etc → aufheben; to lift the siege of a city → die Belagerung einer Stadt beenden
(Brit inf: = arrest) → schnappen (inf)
vi
lift
:lift attendant
n (Brit) → Fahrstuhlführer(in) m(f)
liftboy
n (Brit) → Liftboy m
lift cage
n (Brit) → Fahrstuhl m
liftman
n (Brit) = lift attendant
liftoff
lift-off correction tape
n (for typewriter) → (Lift-off-)Korrekturband nt
lift operator
n = lift attendant
lift pass
n → Skipass m
liftshaft
n (Brit) → Aufzugsschacht m
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lift
[lɪft]1. vt
a. (thing, person) → sollevare, alzare
to lift sb over sth → far passare qn sopra qc
to lift one's head → alzare or sollevare la testa
she never lifts a finger to help → non alza or muove mai neanche un dito per aiutare
to lift sb over sth → far passare qn sopra qc
to lift one's head → alzare or sollevare la testa
she never lifts a finger to help → non alza or muove mai neanche un dito per aiutare
b. (fig) (restrictions, ban) → revocare
c. (fam) (steal, idea, quotation) → riprendere or copiare pari pari
2. vi → sollevarsi, alzarsi; (fog) → alzarsi
3. n
a. (Brit) (elevator) → ascensore m; (for goods) → montacarichi m inv
lift down vt + adv → tirar giù
lift off
1. vt + adv → togliere
2. vi + adv (aircraft, rocket) → decollare
lift out vt + adv → tirar fuori; (troops, evacuees) → far evacuare per mezzo di elicotteri (or aerei)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lift
(lift) verb1. to raise or bring to a higher position. The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.
2. to take and carry away. He lifted the table through into the kitchen.
3. (of mist etc) to disappear. By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.
4. to rise. The aeroplane lifted into the air.
noun1. the act of lifting. a lift of the eyebrows.
2. (American ˈelevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people. Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.
3. a ride in someone's car etc. Can I give you a lift into town?
4. a raising of the spirits. Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.
lift off (of a rocket etc) to leave the ground ( ˈlift-off) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lift
→ مِصْعَدٌ, يَرْفَعُ, يُوَصِلُ شَخْصاً بِالْسِيَارَةِ svezení, výtah, zvednout elevator, lift, løfte Fahrstuhl, hochheben, Mitfahrgelegenheit ανελκυστήρας, ανυψώνω, δωρεάν μεταφορά με το αυτοκίνητο ascensor, levantar, llevar en carro, llevar en coche hissi, kyyti, nostaa ascenseur, emmener, soulever dizalo, podići, povesti autom ascensore, passaggio, sollevare エレベーター, 人を車に乗せてあげること, 持ち上げる ...을 올리다, 승강기, (차에) 태워 주기 lift, optillen heis, løfte, skyss podnieść się, podwiezienie, winda boleia, carona, elevador, levantar лифт, подвезти, поднимать hiss, lyfta, skjuts การโดยสารไปด้วย, ยกขึ้น, ลิฟต์ birini arabayla evine bırakma, kaldırma/indirme, kaldırmak nâng lên, sự đi nhờ xe, thang máy 举起, 搭车, 电梯Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lift
vt. levantar, alzar, elevar;
___ your hand → levante, levanta la mano;
to give one a ___ → ayudar, animar, alentar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Could you give me a ride to the repair shop? (US)
Can you give me a lift to the garage? (UK) - Is there an elevator in the building? (US)
Is there a lift in the building? (UK) - Do you have a wheelchair lift? (US)
Do you have a lift for wheelchairs? (UK) - Is there an elevator? (US)
Is there a lift? (UK) - Where is the elevator? (US)
Where is the lift? (UK)
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lift
n grùa; bladder — reparación f de cistocele; heel — talonera, cojín m que se coloca en el calzado para levantar el talón; patient — grùa para levantar pacientes; vt levantar; Avoid heavy lift-ing..Evite levantar objetos pesados; to — weights levantar pesasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.