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Definition lift

Etymology 1

From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijan? (“to raise in the air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport".

(To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic ??????? (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek ?????? (klépt?))

Verb

lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift, past participle lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift or (obsolete) yleft)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
2. (transitive, slang) To steal.
3. (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
4. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
5. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
6. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
7. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
8. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
9. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
10. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
11. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
12. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
13. (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Noun

lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts)

1. An act of lifting or raising.
2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
3. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
5. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
6. (historical slang) A thief.
7. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
9. An improvement in mood.
10. The amount or weight to be lifted.
11. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
12. A rise; a degree of elevation.
13. A liftgate.
14. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
15. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
16. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
17. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”). Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). More at loft.

Noun

lift (usually uncountable, plural lifts)

1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
2. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

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