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nounlifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
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verbraise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
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"he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"nounthe act of raising somethingtype of:
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"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"verbfly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
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"lift my spirits" "lift his ego"verbinvigorate or heighten
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verbmake off with belongings of others
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nountransportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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"lift an embargo"verbcancel officiallytype of:
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verbtake illegally
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nouna wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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"lift a ban"verbput an end to
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"some actresses have more than one face lift"nounplastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
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nounthe event of something being raised upward
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verbraise from a lower to a higher position
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"lift one's eyes"verbmove upwards
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verbtake without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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nounthe component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
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"The fog lifted"verbmove upward
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"The new law lifted many people from poverty"verbraise in rank or condition
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"he gave me a lift home"nouna ride in a car
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verbcall to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
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"He lifted a war whoop"verbmake audible
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nounone of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
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verbpay off (a mortgage)
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"lift the tulip bulbs"verbremove from a seedbed or from a nursery
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"the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"verbremove from a surface
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"The floor is lifting slowly"verbrise upward, as from pressure or moisture
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"lift the box onto the table"verbtake hold of something and move it to a different location
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"lift the pressure"verbtake off or away by decreasing
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"lift potatoes"verbtake (root crops) out of the ground
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