lift

lift1 [ lıft ] verb ***

▸ 1 move to higher position

▸ 2 improve situation

▸ 3 officially end rule/law

▸ 4 steal

▸ 5 when weather improves

▸ 6 start feeling happier

▸ 7 make amount increase

▸ 8 dig plants from ground

▸ 9 talk more loudly

▸ 10 airlift something/someone

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) lift or lift up transitive to move something to a higher position:

Lift the lid and look inside the box.

The phone rang and he lifted the receiver immediately.

a ) transitive to take something in your hands and move it from one place to another:

lift something off/onto/from etc.: We lifted the new books onto a shelf.

b ) intransitive to move to a higher position:

We watched the balloon lift slowly into the air.

c ) transitive to move your head or eyes upward so that you can look at something:

lift something from something: He lifted his eyes from the newspaper as Kate walked into the room.

lift something to something: Ruth lifted her face to the sun.

d ) intransitive or transitive to move a part of your body to a higher position:

Her shoulders lifted slightly but she didn't say anything.

Lie on the floor and try to lift your legs slowly.

2. ) transitive to improve the situation that someone or something is in:

lift someone out of something: economic measures designed to lift the country out of recession

3. ) transitive often passive to officially end a rule or law that stopped someone from doing something:

They're hoping to get the ban lifted by the end of the month.

4. ) transitive INFORMAL to steal something:

I watched him lift a couple of CDs and stuff them into his jacket.

a ) if you lift someone else's words or ideas, you use them and pretend that they are yours

5. ) intransitive if something such as cloud or FOG lifts, the weather improves and you can see clearly again

6. ) intransitive if a bad mood or bad feeling lifts, you start to feel happier

a ) transitive to make someone feel happier:

She was lifted a little by the news that they had called.

lift someone's spirits: Being in the sunshine all day really lifted my spirits.

b ) intransitive or transitive if a weight or BURDEN lifts or is lifted from you, you stop worrying about something and feel happier:

I felt as if a great financial burden had been lifted from my shoulders.

7. ) transitive to cause the amount or level of something to increase:

An increase in interest rates will lift the value of the dollar.

8. ) transitive to dig vegetables or other plants out of the ground

9. ) lift or lift up intransitive or transitive FORMAL if your voice lifts or you lift it, you start to talk more loudly

10. ) transitive to AIRLIFT something or someone:

The two men have been lifted to safety.

not lift a finger INFORMAL

to not help someone at all

,lift `off phrasal verb intransitive

when an aircraft or space vehicle lifts off, it goes up from the ground into the air

,lift `up phrasal verb

1. ) transitive same as LIFT1 1:

He lifted up the heavy bags.

2. ) intransitive or transitive same as LIFT1 9:

We could hear the gospel groups lift up their voices.

lift

lift 2 [ lıft ] noun *

▸ 1 movement of lifting

▸ 2 happier feeling

▸ 3 when someone takes you in car

▸ 4 force raising aircraft

▸ 5 for going up/down

1. ) count a movement in which something is lifted:

a slight lift of the shoulders

2. ) singular INFORMAL if something gives you a lift or you get a lift from it, it makes you feel happier

3. ) count a RIDE in someone's car:

give someone a lift: I can give you a lift into town.

4. ) uncount SCIENCE the force that makes an aircraft leave the ground and stay in the air

5. ) count BRITISH an ELEVATOR