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ascenseur
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Lift
- (n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
- (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
- (n.) A handle.
- (v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
- (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
- (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
- (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
- (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
- (n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- (v. t.) To bear; to support.
- (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
- (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (v. t.) To live by theft.
- (n.) An exercising machine.
- (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
- (v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
- (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
- (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
- (v. i.) To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
Synonyms:
Abstract, Annul, Arise, Cabbage, Countermand, Elevate, Elevation, Elevator, Filch, Heave, Hoist, Hook, Overturn, Pilfer, Pinch, Plagiarize, Purloin, Raise, Raising, Rear, Repeal, Rescind, Reverse, Revoke, Rise, Rustle, Sneak, Swipe, Uprise, Vacate, Wind,
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• Lifter
- (n.) One who, or that which, lifts.
- (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.
Synonyms:
Booster, Shoplifter,
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• Lifting
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lift
- (a.) Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
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