1. lift - Noun
2. lift - Verb
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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.
To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
To bear; to support.
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
To live by theft.
Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
A handle.
An exercising machine.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
A layer of leather in the heel.
That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Source: Webster's dictionarySurround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. Sydney Smith
When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius; lift up thy head. William Blake
Even a sheet of paper is lighter when two people lift it. Korean Proverb
One finger can't lift a pebble. Hindi Proverb
With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant. Tibetan Proverb