lift
/lɪft/ verb B1- To raise or rise. · The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.· You never lift a finger to help me!
- 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 lift weights; to weight-lift. · She lifts twice a week at the gym.
He/she/it lifts · Past lifted · Past participle lifted · -ing form lifting
Verb forms
- Base form
- lift
- He/she/it
- lifts
- Past
- lifted
- Past participle
- lifted
- -ing form
- lifting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms, and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend, and the Lion looking sober and sorry.
Dorothy reached up both arms and lifted the figure off the pole, for, being stuffed with straw, it was quite light.
“We can do nothing for him,” said the Tin Woodman, sadly; “for he is much too heavy to lift.
When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: “Pray, my dear friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain disputings.”
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