lift

CEFRA2

/lɪft/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To raise something to a higher position.

  2. 02

    noun

    A ride in someone's vehicle.

Examples

  • Give me a lift in your car.

  • It's on the sixth floor—let's take the lift.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To steal.

  2. To raise or rise.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A machine that carries people between floors.

More examples

In context

  • We can lift the restrictions on imports once the joint agreement is signed.

  • c. 1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.

  • The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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 c...