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Some common synonyms of lift are boost, elevate, heave, hoist, raise, and rear. While all these words mean "to move from a lower to a higher place or position," lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight.
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Find 132 different ways to say LIFT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
in English. lift. Thesaurus > to move from a lower position to a higher position > lift. These are words and phrases related to lift. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of lift.
lift. Meanings and definitions of "lift". (dialectal, chiefly Scottish) air. (dialectal, chiefly Scottish) sky, the heavens, firmament; atmosphere. (transitive, intransitive) To raise. (transitive, slang) To steal. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.). An act of lifting or raising.
In British English, "lifted" can certainly mean stolen as you suggested, but along with a number of other similarly informal or slang words for the same thing (eg 'nicked', or 'nabbed') it doesn't have to mean that the crime of theft has been committed.
LIFT definition: 1. to move something from a lower to a higher position: 2. to win a race or competition in which…. Learn more.
lift. 1 (verb) in the sense of raise. Definition. to move upwards. Curious shoppers lifted their children to take a closer look at the parade. Synonyms. raise. pick up. hoist. draw up. elevate. uplift. heave up. buoy up. raise high. bear aloft. upheave. upraise. See examples for synonyms. Opposites. drop , lower. 2 (verb) in the sense of revoke.
