lift
raise from a lower to a higher position
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,381 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,235 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- raise from a lower to a higher position also: raise, elevate, get up, bring up Raise your handsLift a load
- take hold of something and move it to a different location lift the box onto the table
- move upwards also: raise lift one's eyes
- move upward also: rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise The fog liftedThe smoke arose from the forest fire
- make audible He lifted a war whoop
- cancel officially also: revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn He revoked the ban on smokinglift an embargo
lift in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The boy did not lift his eyes.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Billy looked at the ragged green bill with a slight lift of his shoulders.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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What all the goods thy pride which lift, If thou pine for another's gift?
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1
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Every mosquito in the neighborhood rushed to his assistance and tried to lift him up with their teeth.
You Can Search Me · George V. (George Vere) Hobart · Chapter 1
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Go into your garden and lift up the little marble slab at the foot of the great myrtle tree.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1