Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lift
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by up, off, out, etc.) raise or remove to a higher position. 2 intr. go up; be raised; yield to an upward force (the window will not lift). 3 tr. give an upward direction to (the eyes or face). 4 tr. a elevate to a higher plane of thought or feeling (the news lifted their spirits). b make less heavy or dull; add interest to (something esp. artistic). c enhance, improve (lifted their game after half-time). 5 intr. (of a cloud, fog, etc.) rise, disperse. 6 tr. remove (a barrier or restriction). 7 tr. transport supplies, troops, etc. by air. 8 tr. colloq. a steal. b plagiarize (a passage of writing etc.). 9 Phonet. a tr. make louder; raise the pitch of. b intr. (of the voice) rise. 10 tr. dig up (esp. potatoes etc. at harvest). 11 intr. (of a floor) swell upwards, bulge. 12 tr. hold or have on high (the church lifts its spire). 13 tr. hit (a cricket-ball) into the air. 14 tr. (usu. in passive) perform cosmetic surgery on (esp. the face or breasts) to reduce sagging. --n. 1 the act of lifting or process of being lifted. 2 a free ride in another person's vehicle (gave them a lift). 3 a Brit. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering persons or things to different floors of a building or different levels of a mine etc. b a similar apparatus for carrying persons up or down a mountain etc. (see ski-lift). 4 a transport by air (see AIRLIFT n.). b a quantity of goods transported by air. 5 the upward pressure which air exerts on an aerofoil to counteract the force of gravity. 6 a supporting or elevating influence; a feeling of elation. 7 a layer of leather in the heel of a boot or shoe, esp. to correct shortening of a leg or increase height. 8 a a rise in the level of the ground. b the extent to which water rises in a canal lock. Phrases and idioms lift down pick up and bring to a lower position. lift a finger (or hand etc.) (in neg.) make the slightest effort (didn't lift a finger to help). lift off (of a spacecraft or rocket) rise from the launching pad. lift-off n. the vertical take-off of a spacecraft or rocket. lift up one's head hold one's head high with pride. lift up one's voice sing out. Derivatives liftable adj. lifter n. Etymology: ME f. ON lypta f. Gmc LIGAMENT n. 1 Anat. a a short band of tough flexible fibrous connective tissue linking bones together. b any membranous fold keeping an organ in position. 2 archaic a bond of union. Derivatives ligamental adj. ligamentary adj. ligamentous adj. Etymology: ME f. L ligamentum bond f. ligare bind
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lyft Date: before 12th century heavens, sky, II. verb see: loft Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to raise from a lower to a higher position ; elevate, to raise in rank or condition, to raise in rate or amount, to put an end to (a blockade or siege) by withdrawing or causing the withdrawal of investing forces, revoke, rescind , 4. steal , plagiarize, to take out of normal setting , to take up (as a root crop or transplants) from the ground, to pay off (an obligation) , to move from one place to another (as by aircraft) ; transport, to take up (a fingerprint) from a surface, intransitive verb 1. ascend, rise , to appear elevated (as above surrounding objects), to dissipate and clear, ~able adjective ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~ III. noun Date: 14th century the amount that may be ~ed at one time ; load, 2. the action or an instance of ~ing, the action or an instance of rising, elevated carriage (as of a body part), the ~ing up (as of a dancer) usually by a partner, a device (as a handle or latch) for ~ing, an act of stealing ; theft, 5. assistance, help, a ride especially along one's way, a layer in the heel of a shoe, a rise or advance in position or condition, a slight rise or elevation, the distance or extent to which something rises, an apparatus or machine used for hoisting: as, a set of pumps used in a mine, elevator 1b, an apparatus for raising an automobile (as for repair), ski ~, 11. an elevating influence, an elevation of the spirit, 12. the component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airplane or airfoil that is perpendicular to the relative wind and that for an airplane constitutes the upward force that opposes the pull of gravity, an updraft that can be used to increase altitude (as of a sailplane), an organized movement of people, equipment, or supplies by some form of transportation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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