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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. |
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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. |
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To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition,
estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. |
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To bear; to support. |
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To collect, as moneys due; to raise. |
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To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift
a drove of cattle. |
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To try to raise something; to exert the strength for
raising or bearing. |
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To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the
fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. |
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To live by theft. |
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Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. |
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The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a
long lift. |
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Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a
wagon. |
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That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted |
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A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. |
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A handle. |
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An exercising machine. |
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A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
canals. |
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A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. |
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A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard
below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. |
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One of the steps of a cone pulley. |
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A layer of leather in the heel. |
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That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the
impulse is given. |