An act of lifting or raising.
A rise; a degree of elevation.
A thief.
The amount or weight to be lifted.
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
Air.
Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
An improvement in mood.
The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
A liftgate.
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
To arrest (a person).
To steal.
to cause to move upwards.
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
To raise or rise.
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
Cheap wine.
To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
To pull something sharply; to pull something out
To pull or twitch sharply.
To remove feathers from a bird.
To play a string instrument pizzicato.
To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.