Lift
verb
To move something from a lower to a higher position.
Could you help me lift this heavy box?
Often appears as...
- lift a finger
- lift weights
noun
A free ride in someone else's vehicle.
Could I get a lift to the airport in your car?
Often appears as...
- give a lift
- need a lift
noun
A mechanical device used to elevate people or goods to different floors in a building.
We took the lift to the 15th floor.
Often appears as...
- take the lift
- elevator lift
verb
To remove or withdraw something.
They lifted the ban on smoking in public places.
Often appears as...
- lift a ban
- lift sanctions
noun
An act of stealing or taking something without permission.
He was accused of lift of her purse.
Often appears as...
- lift a wallet
- shoplift
noun
An act of helping or boosting someone or something.
Your kind words gave me a real lift.
Often appears as...
- give a lift
- get a lift
verb
To move something from a lower to a higher position.
Could you help me lift this heavy box?
Often appears as...
- lift a finger
- lift weights
noun
A free ride in someone else's vehicle.
Could I get a lift to the airport in your car?
Often appears as...
- give a lift
- need a lift
noun
A mechanical device used to elevate people or goods to different floors in a building.
We took the lift to the 15th floor.
Often appears as...
- take the lift
- elevator lift
verb
To remove or withdraw something.
They lifted the ban on smoking in public places.
Often appears as...
- lift a ban
- lift sanctions
noun
An act of stealing or taking something without permission.
He was accused of lift of her purse.
Often appears as...
- lift a wallet
- shoplift
noun
An act of helping or boosting someone or something.
Your kind words gave me a real lift.
Often appears as...
- give a lift
- get a lift
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Effort
Used when effort is made to physically move something upwards.
She had to lift the suitcase onto the overhead shelf.
Pro Tip 2/3Support Request
Can indicate asking for help in a physical task.
Can you lift the other end of this table?
Pro Tip 3/3Muscle Building
Often refers to exercising, especially with weights.
He lifts at the gym three times a week.
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
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New bionics let us run,...
to attenuate the shock of the limb hitting the ground. Then at mid-stance, the bionic limb outputs high torques and powers to lift the person into the walking stride, comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients.
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The Curious Life of a...
It has three stages to orbit. And around the bottom side of this vehicle there's nine air-lit solids. So this is going to help us get a little bit extra lift, so that we can get to Mars as rapidly as possible. And if you don't mind counting down with me. Five, four, three, two.
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How to grow a bone -...
that protects our organs, allows us to move, produces blood cells and more. But this initial building process alone is not enough to make bones strong and functional. If you took a bone built this way, attached muscles to it, and tried to use it to lift a heavy weight,
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How to create a space...
okay it's better than lifting big power weights right we dial in the tension of the elasticity from your shoulders down to your soles to recreate one body loading as you're pushing around and flying around but we even more passionate about the earth applications
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Ants Ingenious Survival...
ready to lift off to start a new colony if the rat gets into trouble remarkably some of the pupae are set aside to act as flotation devices to help keep the raft afloat as the water level rises further the raft
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This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
will get tired and if a crop grabs them resurrection the poor mothers just don't know what to do they have no way of lifting them out and David can't even help
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If superpowers were...
What if I could fly? What if I could live forever? What if I could be invisible? What if I could lift a tank?
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Could These Distant...
they're the longest lift stars in the universe red dwarfs
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
to attenuate the shock of the limb hitting the ground. Then at mid-stance, the bionic limb outputs high torques and powers to lift the person into the walking stride, comparable to how muscles work in the calf region. This bionic propulsion is very important clinically to patients.
Video examples
The Curious Life of a...
It has three stages to orbit. And around the bottom side of this vehicle there's nine air-lit solids. So this is going to help us get a little bit extra lift, so that we can get to Mars as rapidly as possible. And if you don't mind counting down with me. Five, four, three, two.
Video examples
How to grow a bone -...
that protects our organs, allows us to move, produces blood cells and more. But this initial building process alone is not enough to make bones strong and functional. If you took a bone built this way, attached muscles to it, and tried to use it to lift a heavy weight,
Video examples
How to create a space...
okay it's better than lifting big power weights right we dial in the tension of the elasticity from your shoulders down to your soles to recreate one body loading as you're pushing around and flying around but we even more passionate about the earth applications
Video examples
Ants Ingenious Survival...
ready to lift off to start a new colony if the rat gets into trouble remarkably some of the pupae are set aside to act as flotation devices to help keep the raft afloat as the water level rises further the raft
Video examples
This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
Video examples
Top 5 Nail-Biting...
will get tired and if a crop grabs them resurrection the poor mothers just don't know what to do they have no way of lifting them out and David can't even help
Video examples
If superpowers were...
What if I could fly? What if I could live forever? What if I could be invisible? What if I could lift a tank?
Video examples
Could These Distant...
they're the longest lift stars in the universe red dwarfs
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Yuvraj Singh
Indian Athlete
Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
Helping parents to meet the everyday costs of raising their families, helping them lift themselves up to create a better life for their children and keeping them safe is what motivated me to get into public life, and it continues to drive me every day.
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Feist
Canadian Musician
As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
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Howie Long
American Football Player
Everything I've done after football requires so much less focus, less work, less stress, it's kind of like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. You no longer have to be the toughest guy in the world.
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Henry Ford
American Businessman
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.
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Ed Reed
American Athlete
Help each other, encourage each other, lift each other up.
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Mavis Staples
American Musician
My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
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Guy Sebastian
Australian Singer
There's something lifts off me when I'm in Adelaide.
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Michael Phelps
American Athlete
I've never lifted a single weight in my life.
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Yuvraj Singh
Indian Athlete
Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
Helping parents to meet the everyday costs of raising their families, helping them lift themselves up to create a better life for their children and keeping them safe is what motivated me to get into public life, and it continues to drive me every day.
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Feist
Canadian Musician
As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
Quote examples
Howie Long
American Football Player
Everything I've done after football requires so much less focus, less work, less stress, it's kind of like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. You no longer have to be the toughest guy in the world.
Quote examples
Henry Ford
American Businessman
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.
Quote examples
Ed Reed
American Athlete
Help each other, encourage each other, lift each other up.
Quote examples
Mavis Staples
American Musician
My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
Quote examples
Guy Sebastian
Australian Singer
There's something lifts off me when I'm in Adelaide.
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Michael Phelps
American Athlete
I've never lifted a single weight in my life.
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