Lift

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, related to Template:M, perhaps from Template:Der or from a root meaning roof (see Template:M). Cognate with Template:Cog and Template:Cog, Template:Cog and Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog. See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport".

Template:Sense For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic Template:M "thief", cognate with Template:Cog and Greek Template:M).

Verb

1. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To raise or rise.

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     Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.

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2. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To steal.
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3. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
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4. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To arrest (a person).
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5. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
6. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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7. Template:Lb to cause to move upwards.
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8. Template:Senseid Template:Lb To lift weights; to weight-lift.

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9. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
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10. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
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11. Template:Lb To bear; to support.
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12. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
13. Template:Lb Given morphisms $f$ and $g$ with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism $h$ such that $f=g\circ h$; cf. lift n.Template:Senseno)
    1. Template:Lb To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
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14. Template:Lb To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
15. Template:Lb To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
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Usage notes

Lift also has an obsolete form Template:M for the present participle. The strong forms were common until the 17th century in writing and still survive in speech in a few rural dialects.

Hyponyms

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Noun

1. An act of lifting or raising.
2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

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3. Template:Lb Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

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4. Template:Senseid An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.

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5. Template:Lb The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
6. Template:Lb A thief.
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7. Template:Lb The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
9. Template:Lb An improvement in mood.
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10. The amount or weight to be lifted.

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11. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
12. A rise; a degree of elevation.

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13. A liftgate.
14. Template:Lb 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. Template:Lb One of the steps of a cone pulley.
16. Template:Lb A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
17. Template:Lb That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
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18. Template:Senseid Template:Lb A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms $f:X\to Y$ and $g:Z\to Y$, a morphism $h$ such that $f=g\circ h$. (Template:Non-gloss).
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19. Template:Lb A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.

Descendants

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Translations

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See also

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References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

From Template:Inh, Template:M, Template:M, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Der.

Cognate with Template:Cog (Template:Cog), Template:Cog, Template:Cog. Template:Doublet.

Noun

1. Template:Lb Air.
2. Template:Lb The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
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Synonyms

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References

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Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

Noun

1. Template:L

Further reading

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Danish

Etymology

From Template:Bor.

Noun

1. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride
2. boost

Noun

1. carrycot
2. elevator
3. lift

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Template:Bor.

Noun

1. a Template:L, an elevator
2. a free ride, a Template:L

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Descendants

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Etymology 2

Verb

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Estonian

Etymology

From Template:Bor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:L

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Lb lift attendant Template:I, elevator attendant Template:I
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     Sans la timidité ni la tristesse du soir de mon arrivée, je sonnai le lift qui ne restait plus silencieux pendant que je m'élevais à côté de lui dans l'ascenseur Template:....

     Without the timidity or sadness of the evening I arrived, I rang for the lift attendant, who no longer remained silent as I travelled up beside him in the elevator.

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References

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Template:Bor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. lift, elevator

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Further reading

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Template:Bor, from Template:Der, Template:M, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, related to Template:M, perhaps from Template:Der or from a root meaning roof (see Template:M).

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:L, mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Italian

Etymology

Template:Pseudo-loan. In sense 1, a clipping of Template:Der. In sense 2, a transferred sense of Template:Der.

Noun

1. Template:L / elevator operator
2. Template:Lb topspin

Derived terms

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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Etymology

From Template:Inh.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. left

Descendants

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References

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Middle Scots

Etymology 1

From Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Inh.

Alternative forms

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Noun

1. sky, firmament
2. air, atmosphere

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

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Noun

1. act of lifting

References

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Romanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

1. elevator, Template:L

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2. Template:Lb A stroke that gives the ball an upward trajection.

Derived terms

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Scots

Alternative forms

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Etymology

Template:Inh+, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.

Noun

1. sky, firmament

References

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Template:Der.

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:L, elevator

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Slovak

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Lb an elevator, lift

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Noun

1. a ski lift

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2. an aerial work platform

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3. a ride, a Template:L (for free, for example when hitchhiking)

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Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Related terms

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References

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Uzbek

Etymology

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Noun

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Volapük

Noun

1. elevator
2. altitude adjustor