Found 4 items, similar to Lifting.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: lift anggung, angkat, angkatan, mengangkat, pengangkat
Indonesian → English (quick) Definition: lift elevator
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lift lift n 1: the act of giving temporary assistance 2: the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity [syn: aerodynamic lift] 3: the event of something being raised upward; “an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”; “a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity” [syn: elevation, raising] 4: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: rise] 5: a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn: ski tow , ski lift] 6: a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg 7: one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot 8: 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 [syn: elevator] 9: 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” [syn: face lift, facelift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck] 10: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) [syn: airlift] 11: a ride in a car; “he gave me a lift home” 12: the act of raising something; “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”; “fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up” [syn: raise, heave] lift v 1: raise from a lower to a higher position; “Raise your hands”; “Lift a load” [syn: raise, elevate, get up, bring up ] [ant: lower] 2: take hold of something and move it to a different location; “lift the box onto the table” 3: move upwards; “lift one's eyes” [syn: raise] 4: move upward; “The fog lifted”; “The smoke arose from the forest fire”; “The mist uprose from the meadows” [syn: rise, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: descend] 5: make audible; “He lifted a war whoop” 6: annul by recalling or rescinding; “He revoked the ban on smoking”; “lift an embargo”; “vacate a death sentence” [syn: revoke, annul, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate] 7: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble] 8: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car” [syn: hoist, wind] 9: invigorate or heighten; “lift my spirits”; “lift his ego” [syn: raise] 10: raise in rank or condition; “The new law lifted many people from poverty” [syn: raise, elevate] 11: take off or away by decreasing; “lift the pressure” 12: rise up; “The building rose before them” [syn: rise, rear] 13: pay off (a mortgage) 14: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize, plagiarise] 15: take illegally; “rustle cattle” [syn: rustle] 16: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; “Food is airlifted into Bosnia” [syn: airlift] 17: take (root crops) out of the ground; “lift potatoes” 18: call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs 19: rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; “The floor is lifting slowly” 20: put an end to; “lift a ban”; “raise a siege” [syn: raise] 21: remove (hair) by scalping 22: remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; “lift the tulip bulbs” 23: remove from a surface; “the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table” 24: perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face [syn: face-lift]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lifting Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. [1913 Webster] The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Lest, being lifted up with pride. --1 Tim. iii. 6. [1913 Webster] 3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. [1913 Webster] 5. [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. kle`ptein. Cf. Shoplifter.] To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. [1913 Webster] Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. [1913 Webster] He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross. --John viii. 28. To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer. --Ps. cxxi. 1. To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief. --Ps. lxxiv. 3. To lift up the hand. (a) To take an oath. --Gen. xiv. 22. (b) To pray. --Ps. xxviii. 2. (c) To engage in duty. --Heb. xii. 12. To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress. --Job xxxi. 21. To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice. --Gen. xl. 13. --Luke xxi. 28. To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or unkindness. --John xiii.18. To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. --Gen. xxi. 16. [1913 Webster] Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. [1913 Webster] Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. [1913 Webster]