ALL meanings of lifted
lift
L l - verb with object lifted to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist. 1
- verb with object lifted to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one's head. 1
- verb with object lifted to remove or rescind by an official act, as a ban, curfew, or tax: a court decision to lift the ban on strikes by teachers. 1
- verb with object lifted to stop or put an end to (a boycott, blockade, etc.): The citizenry will have to conserve food and water until the siege against the city is lifted. 1
- verb with object lifted to hold up or display on high. 1
- verb with object lifted to raise in rank, condition, estimation, etc.; elevate or exalt (sometimes used reflexively): His first book lifted him from obscurity. By hard work they lifted themselves from poverty. 1
- verb with object lifted to make audible or louder, as the voice or something voiced: The congregation lifted their voices in song. 1
- verb with object lifted to transfer from one setting to another: For the protagonist of the new play, the author has lifted a character from an early novel. 1
- verb with object lifted Informal. to plagiarize: Whole passages had been lifted from another book. 1
- verb with object lifted Informal. to steal: His wallet was lifted on the crowded subway. 1
- verb with object lifted airlift (def 5). 1
- verb with object lifted to remove (plants and tubers) from the ground, as after harvest or for transplanting. 1
- verb with object lifted Horology. (of an escape wheel) to move (a pallet) by moving along the outer, oblique face. 1
- verb with object lifted to pay off (a mortgage, promissory note, etc.). 1
- verb with object lifted Golf. to pick up (the ball), as to move it from an unplayable lie. 1
- verb with object lifted to perform a surgical face lifting on. 1
- verb with object lifted Shipbuilding. to transfer (measurements and the like) from a drawing, model, etc., to a piece being built. to form (a template) according to a drawing, model, etc. 1
- verb with object lifted to cease temporarily from directing (fire or bombardment) on an objective or area: They lifted the fire when the infantry began to advance. 1
- noun lifted Raise to a higher position or level. 1
- verb with object lifted Fox Hunting. to take (hounds) from the line of a fox to where it has just been seen. 1
- verb without object lifted to go up; yield to upward pressure: The box is too heavy to lift. The lid won't lift. 1
- verb without object lifted to pull or strain upward in the effort to raise something: to lift at a heavy weight. 1
- verb without object lifted to move upward or rise; rise and disperse, as clouds or fog. 1
- verb without object lifted (of rain) to stop temporarily. 1
- verb without object lifted to rise to view above the horizon when approached, as land seen from the sea. 1
- noun lifted the act of lifting, raising, or rising: the lift of a hand. 1
- noun lifted the distance that anything rises or is raised: a lift of 20 feet between canal locks. 1
- noun lifted a lifting or raising force: A kite depends on the wind to act as its lift. 1
- noun lifted the weight, load, or quantity lifted. 1
- noun lifted an act or instance of helping to climb or mount: He gave her a lift onto the wagon. 1
- noun lifted a ride in a vehicle, especially one given to a pedestrian: Can you give me a lift across town? 1
- noun lifted a feeling of exaltation or uplift: Their visit gave me quite a lift. 1
- noun lifted assistance or aid: The fund-raiser's successful efforts proved a great lift for the organization. 1
- noun lifted a device or apparatus for lifting: a hydraulic lift. 1
- noun lifted a movement in which a dancer, skater, etc., lifts up his partner. 1
- noun lifted Skiing. ski lift. chairlift. 1
- noun lifted British. elevator (def 2). any device used to lift or elevate, as a dumbwaiter or hoist. 1
- noun lifted Informal. a theft. 1
- noun lifted a rise or elevation of ground. 1
- noun lifted Aeronautics. the component of the aerodynamic force exerted by the air on an airfoil, having a direction perpendicular to the direction of motion and causing an aircraft to stay aloft. 1
- noun lifted Nautical. the capacity of a cargo ship measured in dead-weight tons. topping lift. 1
- noun lifted one of the layers of leather forming the heel of a boot or shoe. 1
- noun lifted a special arch support built or inserted into footwear. 1
- noun lifted Mining. the slice or thickness of ore mined in one operation. 1
- noun lifted Building Trades. the height of the quantity of concrete poured into a form at one time. 1
- noun lifted Naval Architecture. any of the horizontal planks forming a type of half model (lift model) able to be removed and measured as a guide to laying out the water lines of the vessel at full scale. 1
- noun lifted Typesetting. fat (def 23). 1
- noun lifted Printing. the quantity of paper loaded into or removed from a press or other printing machine at one time. 1
- noun lifted Horology. the displacement of a pallet by an escape wheel that has been unlocked. the angle through which the pallet passes when so displaced. 1
- noun lifted airlift (defs 1–3). 1