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liftlift1 /lɪft/ ●●● S2 W2 verb 1
MOVE something UPWARD [intransitive, transitive] to move to a higher position, or to make something do this: She slowly lifted the lid.lift (something) up/off/onto etc. Brendan lifted Gilbert out of the wheelchair. The wind lifted the roof right off. The balloon lifted up just beyond his reach.2PART OF THE BODY [intransitive, transitive] (also lift up) if a part of your body lifts, or you lift it, it moves to a higher position: I’m so tired I can’t even lift up my arms.3HEAD/EYES [transitive] to move your head or eyes up so that you can look at someone or something: He lifted his head to see who was at the door.lift something from something He never once lifted his head from his book.4CONTROLS/LAWS [transitive] to remove a rule or a law that says that something is not allowed: lift a ban/embargo/sanction etc. The government plans to lift its ban on cigar imports.5CLOUDS/MIST [intransitive] if cloud or mist lifts, it disappears6not lift a finger informal to do nothing to help: He never even lifted a finger to help me with the kids.7lift somebody’s spirits to make someone feel more cheerful and hopeful8INCREASE [transitive] especially written to increase the amount or level of something: Lower prices should eventually lift corporate profits.9STEAL [transitive] informal to steal something10be lifted into/to/from etc. if people or things are lifted somewhere, they are taken there by plane: More troops are being lifted into the area.11like something lifted from your shoulders happier because something that was worrying you or causing you problems has ended: They were safe, and suddenly it was like a giant weight was lifted from my shoulders.12lift somebody out of something literary to take someone out of a bad situation: Hard work is not enough to lift these people out of poverty.13be lifted from something if words, ideas, music, etc. are lifted from something, they are copied from someone else’s work without stating where they came from: The movie’s ending was lifted from Frankenheimer’s “Black Sunday.”14lift (up) your voice literary to speak, shout, or sing more loudly[Origin: 1100–1200 Old Norse lypta]lift off phrasal verb if a space vehicle lifts off, it leaves the ground and rises into the air verb | noun
liftlift2 noun 1[countable usually singular] a ride in someone’s car to a place you want to go SYN ride: Sheri gave me a lift home. I got a lift from David.2give somebody/something a lift a)to make someone feel more cheerful and hopeful: If I’m feeling down, shopping gives me a lift. b)to make something such as a business, the economy, etc. operate better: Interest rate cuts were supposed to give the economy a lift.3[countable] a piece of equipment used to lift heavy objects, especially one for helping injured or disabled people go up stairs4[uncountable] science, physics the pressure of air that keeps something up in the air or lifts it higher5[countable] informal a chairlift → see also ski lift6[countable] British an elevator