verb#2,950 by frequency
lift
/lɪft/
To raise or rise.; To cause to move upwards; To raise or rise; To steal
- he/she/it
- lifts
- past participle
- lifted
Meanings
- 1
To raise or rise.; To cause to move upwards
You can't lift the piano.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
He wouldn't even lift a finger.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To raise or rise
- 3
To steal
- 4
To alleviate, to lighten — pressure, tension, stress, etc.
- 5
To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiariserare
- 6
To arrest (a person)rare
- 7
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.)rare
- 8
To disperse, to break uprare
- 9
To lift weights; to weight-liftrare
- 10
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearingrare