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verb (RAISE) /lɪft/Definition
B1 [T] to move something from a lower to a higher position: Could you help me lift this table, please? Could you lift your chair a bit - I've got my bag caught under it. She lifted the cigarette (up) to her lips. He lifted his eyes (= looked up) from the paper and glared.Raising and lowering lift a/the cup › to win a race or competition in which the prize is a metal cup: He is the hot favourite to lift the cup again next month. › [T] specialized to dig underground vegetables or plants out of the ground: They're lifting potatoes.Raising and lowering
(Definition of lift verb (RAISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- depress verb (REDUCE)
- dip verb (DROP)
- elevate verb
- elevated adjective
- go down (sth) phrasal verb (MOVE DOWN)
- hike sth up phrasal verb
- hoick verb
- hoist verb
- leverage noun (ACTION)
- lift noun (RAISE)
- lift verb (TAKE HOLD)
- pick sb/sth up phrasal verb (LIFT)
- prick (sth) up phrasal verb
- prise verb
- prize verb (LIFT)
- pry verb (OPEN)
- put sth up phrasal verb (RAISE)
- ride up phrasal verb
- run sth up phrasal verb (FLAG)
- scoop sth/sb up phrasal verb
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