lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĭft
ipa: /lɪft/
rhymes: -ɪft
Forms: form: lifts
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 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".
(To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)).
Senses: glosses: An act of lifting or raising.
examples: text: He gave me a lift to the bus station.
text: Accordingly, in spite of many grumbles and remonstrances from Summerlee, I ordered an additional tube, which was placed with the other in his motor-car, for he had offered me a lift to Victoria.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
synonyms: ride
glosses: The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
examples: text: Take the lift to the fourth floor.
synonyms: elevator
qualifier: puristic elsewhere
glosses: Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
coordinate_terms: liftup
glosses: An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
qualifier: measurement
glosses: The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
examples: text: The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
ref: 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 32:
glosses: A thief.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
glosses: Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
examples: text: The news rocked us, especially since we were anticipating a lift for our spirits under the grim circumstances.
ref: 1981 February 7, “Robert Bobby Bob (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 14:
text: Just to think he had both a mistress and a wife gave him a lift. He needed a lift, for although he'd had promotion, his wasn't an exciting job.
ref: 2010, Anne Baker, With a Little Luck:
text: The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
ref: 2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An improvement in mood.
examples: text: What's the maximum lift of this crane?
glosses: The amount or weight to be lifted.
glosses: The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
examples: text: the lift of a lock in canals
glosses: A rise; a degree of elevation.
glosses: A liftgate.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the steps of a cone pulley.
qualifier: shoemaking
glosses: A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
examples: text: some measure the total lift and others only the lift on one side , a quantity which is not exactly half of the total lift
ref: 1887, Claudius Saunier, A Treatise on Modern Horology in Theory and Practice:
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
examples: text: For a covering space p#58;#92;tildeX#92;toX a path #92;gamma [i.e. a continuous map #91;0,1#93;#92;toX] in X has a unique lift #92;tilde#92;gamma starting at a given point of p#123;-1#125;(#92;gamma(0))
ref: 2001, Allen Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, page 69:
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
Derived terms: aerial lift
airlift
arse lift
ass lift
backlift
bike lift
boat lift
boatlift
booklift
Brazilian butt lift
breastlift
browlift
butt lift
button lift
center of lift
centre of lift
chairlift
cliff lift
counterpoise-lift
cowlift
deadlift
draglift
eye lift
eyelift
facelift
faith-lift
fireman's lift
forklift
give someone a lift
gondola lift
gum lift
hairlift
haylift
heavy lift
heel lift
high-lift device
inclined lift
incline lift
lash lift
liftback
liftboy
lift car
lift club
lift girl
liftless
liftline
lift lockdown
liftman
lift music
lift net
lift-off
liftover
lift pass
lift pump
lift scheme
liftshaft
lift shaft
lift surfing
lift-to-drag ratio
lift truck
manlift
man lift
necklift
noselift
platter lift
Poma lift
race lift
rook lift
scissor lift
sealift
service lift
ship lift
shoe lift
ski lift
skylift
stairlift
stair lift
surface lift
tail lift
thumb a lift
topping lift
trooplift
turbolift
vertical-lift bridge
vertical lift module
voice lift
wheelchair lift
Related terms: escalator