Meaning

23 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of lifting or raising.

    the act of raising something

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

    He gave me a lift to the bus station.

    a ride in a car

  3. (Australia, India, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

    Take the lift to the fourth floor.

    Fahrstuhl, Aufzug, Lift

    лифтlift, элева́торelevátor, подъёмникpodʺjómnik

    ліфтlift

  4. (countable, uncountable)A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.

  5. (countable, uncountable)An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.

    Auftrieb

    подъёмpodʺjóm, подъёмная си́лаpodʺjómnaja síla

    підйо́мpidjóm

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any technique for lifting weights.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

  8. (countable, historical, slang, uncountable)A thief.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

    Hebefigur

    подня́тиеpodnjátije, подъёмpodʺjóm, подде́ржкаpoddéržka

  10. (countable, uncountable)Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

    подъёмникpodʺjómnik

    підійма́чpidijmáč, підйо́мникpidjómnyk

  11. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An improvement in mood.

  12. (countable, uncountable)The amount or weight to be lifted.

    What's the maximum lift of this crane?

Examples

935 sentences

  1. I can't lift my right arm.

    Я не можу підняти праву руку. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ не могу поднять правую руку. — Biga

    deIch kann meinen rechten Arm nicht heben. — xtofu80

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  2. Does anyone need a lift home?

    Когось потрібно підвезти додому? — deniko

    ruКого-нибудь надо подвезти до дома? — Wezel

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  3. Can someone give me a lift?

    Хтось може мене підвезти? — miketheknight

    ruКто-нибудь может меня подвезти? — marafon

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  4. Tom gave me a lift home.

    Том підвіз мене додому. — deniko

    ruТом подвёз меня до дома. — odexed

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  5. Tom gave Mary a lift to work.

    Том підкинув Мері на роботу. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people:
upward force — see also buoyancy:
permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically:
Русский
By meaning 3
mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people:
upward force — see also buoyancy:
dance: lifting of a dance partner into the air:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people:
upward force — see also buoyancy:
dance: lifting of a dance partner into the air:

Origin

From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to ra

From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport".

From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”).

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Forms

plural: lifts
Singularlift
Plurallifts

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
rideA1elevatorA2
gas or vapour breathed:airA2
firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth:atmosphereB1
the heavens, sky:welkin
Close in meaning
  • the act of raising something:raiseheave
  • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground:rise
  • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable):airlift
  • lifting 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:elevator
  • the event of something being raised upward:elevationraising
  • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity:aerodynamic lift

Word family

76 related words
RelatedescalatorA2
Derivedairliftaerial liftarse liftass liftbackliftbike liftboat liftboatliftbookliftbreastliftbrowliftbutt liftbutton liftchairliftcliff liftcounterpoise-liftcowliftdeadliftdraglifteyeliftfaceliftfaith-liftfireman's liftforklift

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • lift the box
  • a lift home
  • lifted the lid
  • enough to lift
  • can't lift
  • lift that box
  • to lift the
  • lift home
  • can't lift this
  • need a lift
  • to lift that
  • lift this box

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lifesavinglifespanlifestyleA2lifetimeB2lifterligamentligature
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