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What does lift mean?

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Noun
  1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  2. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To raise or rise.
  2. (transitive, slang) 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))
  3. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  4. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
  6. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  7. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  8. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  9. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  10. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  11. (computing) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
Noun
  1. An act of lifting or raising.
  2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  3. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  5. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  6. (historical slang) A thief.
  7. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  9. an improvement in mood
  10. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  11. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  12. A lift gate.
  13. (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.
  14. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  15. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  16. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
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