lift

Pronunciation: /lɪft/

The English word “lift” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To raise or rise.
To cause to move upwards.
To steal.
To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
To arrest (a person).
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
To disperse, to break up.
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
To bear; to support.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1, noun 20)
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.

noun

An act of lifting or raising.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

Etymology

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…

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