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Pullup

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar.

Lift

To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise
Lift one's eyes.
Lifted the suitcase.

Pullup

(electronics) A pullup resistor.

Lift

To transport by air
The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet.

Lift

To revoke by taking back; rescind
Lifted the embargo.
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Lift

To bring an end to (a blockade or siege) by removing forces.

Lift

To cease (artillery fire) in an area.

Lift

To raise in condition, rank, or esteem
Work that lifted her in the eyes of her colleagues.

Lift

To uplift; elate
Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.

Lift

To remove (plants) from the ground for transplanting.
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Lift

To project or sound in loud, clear tones
Lifted their voices in song.

Lift

(Informal) To steal; pilfer
A thief lifted my wallet.

Lift

(Informal) To copy from something already published; plagiarize
Lifted whole paragraphs from the encyclopedia.

Lift

To pay off or clear (a debt or mortgage, for example).

Lift

To perform cosmetic surgery on (the face, for example), especially in order to remove wrinkles or sagging skin.

Lift

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) very high into the air.

Lift

To pick up (a golf ball) to place it in a better lie.

Lift

To shoot or flip (a puck) so that it rises sharply off the ice.

Lift

To rise; ascend.

Lift

To yield to upward pressure
These windows lift easily.

Lift

To disappear or disperse by or as if by rising
By afternoon the smog had lifted.

Lift

To stop temporarily
The rain lifted by morning.

Lift

To become elevated; soar
Their spirits lifted when help came.

Lift

The act or process of rising or raising to a higher position.

Lift

Power or force available for raising
The lift of a pump.

Lift

An organized effort or a flight transporting supplies or people by airplane; an airlift.

Lift

The extent or height to which something is raised or rises; the amount of elevation.

Lift

The distance or space through which something is raised or rises.

Lift

A rise or an elevation in the level of the ground.

Lift

An elevation of the spirits
The good news gave us a lift.

Lift

A raised, high, or erect position, as of a part of the body
The lift of his chin.

Lift

A machine or device designed to pick up, raise, or carry something.

Lift

One of the layers of leather, rubber, or other material making up the heel of a shoe.

Lift

Chiefly British A passenger or cargo elevator.

Lift

A ride in a vehicle given to help someone reach a destination
Gave my friend a lift into town.

Lift

Assistance or help
Gave her a lift with her heavy packages.

Lift

A set of pumps used in a mine.

Lift

The component of the total aerodynamic force acting on an airfoil or on an entire aircraft or winged missile perpendicular to the relative wind and normally exerted in an upward direction, opposing the pull of gravity.

Lift

(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
You never lift a finger to help me!

Lift

To steal.

Lift

To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.

Lift

To arrest (a person).

Lift

(transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Lift

(transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

Lift

(transitive) to cause to move upwards.

Lift

To lift weights; to weight-lift.
She lifts twice a week at the gym.

Lift

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Lift

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

Lift

(obsolete) To bear; to support.

Lift

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Lift

(programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

Lift

(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Lift

To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.

Lift

An act of lifting or raising.

Lift

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
He gave me a lift to the bus station.

Lift

Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
Take the lift to the fourth floor.

Lift

An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

Lift

(measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

Lift

A thief.

Lift

(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Lift

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

Lift

(figurative) An improvement in mood.

Lift

The amount or weight to be lifted.
What's the maximum lift of this crane?

Lift

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

Lift

A rise; a degree of elevation.
The lift of a lock in canals

Lift

A liftgate.

Lift

(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Lift

(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Lift

(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

Lift

(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Lift

Air.

Lift

The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Lift

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

Lift

Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

Lift

The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

Lift

Help; assistance, as by lifting.
The goat gives the fox a lift.

Lift

That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

Lift

A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

Lift

A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

Lift

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; - used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Lift

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Lift

A layer of leather in the heel.

Lift

That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Lift

A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement.

Lift

To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; - said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

Lift

To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; - often with up.
The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
Lest, being lifted up with pride.

Lift

To bear; to support.

Lift

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Lift

To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered.

Lift

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy.

Lift

To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

Lift

To steal; also, to live by theft.

Lift

The act of giving temporary assistance

Lift

The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

Lift

The event of something being raised upward;
An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity

Lift

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Lift

A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

Lift

A device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

Lift

One of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

Lift

Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

Lift

Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;
Some actresses have more than one face lift

Lift

Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

Lift

A ride in a car;
He gave me a lift home

Lift

The act of raising something;
He responded with a lift of his eyebrow
Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

Lift

Raise from a lower to a higher position;
Raise your hands
Lift a load

Lift

Take hold of something and move it to a different location;
Lift the box onto the table

Lift

Move upwards;
Lift one's eyes

Lift

Move upward;
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows

Lift

Make audible;
He lifted a war whoop

Lift

Annul by recalling or rescinding;
He revoked the ban on smoking
Lift an embargo
Vacate a death sentence

Lift

Make off with belongings of others

Lift

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

Lift

Invigorate or heighten;
Lift my spirits
Lift his ego

Lift

Raise in rank or condition;
The new law lifted many people from poverty

Lift

Take off or away by decreasing;
Lift the pressure

Lift

Rise up;
The building rose before them

Lift

Pay off (a mortgage)

Lift

Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

Lift

Take illegally;
Rustle cattle

Lift

Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means;
Food is airlifted into Bosnia

Lift

Take (root crops) out of the ground;
Lift potatoes

Lift

Call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

Lift

Rise upward, as from pressure or moisture;
The floor is lifting slowly

Lift

Put an end to;
Lift a ban
Raise a siege

Lift

Remove (hair) by scalping

Lift

Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery;
Lift the tulip bulbs

Lift

Remove from a surface;
The detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table

Lift

Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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