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To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
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A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
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Lift is the force generated by the winds of an airplane which "holds" the plane in the air against the force of gravity. Lift is affected by the speed with which the air flows over the wings. Return to your previous position.
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the force that exerts an upward pull
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Keywords: Hung, Raise, Sash, Rail, Grip
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.
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To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
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To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
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To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
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A layer of leather in the heel.
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the sprayed polyurethane foam that results from a pass. It usually is associated with a certain pass thick-ness and has a bottom layer, center mass, and top skin in its makeup.
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One of the several layers of leather or leather-board used make a heel.
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A horizontal layer of soil placed prior to compaction.
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A working boater's term for a lock staircase. Can also refer to boat lifts e.g. the Anderton Lift.
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an increase in the force of the wind, which helps to accelerate the boat in the direction that is desired
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a shift which allows your boat to head up toward the windward mark more
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a short burst of wind, which helps to accelerate the boat in the direction that is desired
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The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
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Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors
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One of the movable sections of a liquid-sealed gas holder. The vertical distance a liquid is pumped.
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The distance between the seat and disc seating surfaces when a valve is open. ( 055)
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To carry hounds forward.
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When the dog approaches the sheep to move them forward. The period immediately after the dog has reached the maximum extent of its outrun and starts to move the sheep in the intended direction. This is very important because it gives the sheep their first impression of the dog. See also Outrun.
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call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
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To pick hounds up while hunting and move them forward on the line.
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take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
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take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
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take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"
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To take an opponent entirely off the mat.
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Keywords: Album, Noll, Shannon, Singer, Song
Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice. Coca-Cola's Australian website states that Lift Lemon (the only variety readily available in Australia) is "an Australian phenomenon, designed for the Australian market"http://www.coke.com.au/about_brands.asp. Coca-Cola later expanded Lift into the United States in early 2000, where it is sold on a regional basis.
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Lift, released in 2004, is Sister Hazel's fifth studio album.
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Lift is the seventh and final album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1998 on Red Ant.
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"Lift" is the second single by Australian singer Shannon Noll from his sophomore album with the same name. The boxing-themed video clip for this song was shot in an unused warehouse in Sydney's Marrickville by well known Australian director Anthony Rose, who also directed Noll's music videos for "Drive", "What About Me" and "Shine".
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The act of picking up a given amount of weight from the ground and hoisting it at arm's length above the head. This is the standard term used to estimate relative strength levels in the "Marvel Universe."
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Any move in pairs skating in which the male skater lifts his partner off the ice. In the most spectacular lift, he holds her above his hand with one hand.
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(of ammunition) the use of MHE to pick up ammunition and put it down, with each pickup and put-down constituting one lift. When containerized ammunition is received at the CSA or TSA, it is off-loaded with a rough-terrain container crane. The ammunition is unloaded with a variable-reach forklift and placed in a storage location. When issued, the ammunition is picked up by a rough-terrain forklift and placed on a vehicle. Each of these movements constitutes a lift, for a total of three lifts to receive, rewarehouse, and issue the ammunition
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Any maneuver in which one skater picks another up off the ice, and later places the lifted skater back down on it; subdivided into adagio lifts, exhibition lifts, pair lifts, and small lifts.
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Keywords: Steal, Cattle, Theft, Rustle, Drove
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
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To steal; also, to live by theft.
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take illegally; "rustle cattle"
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The capability to move resources between two points.
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The orchestra pit and/or sections of the stage may be mounted on lifts to make moving of heavy items (e.g. piano etc.) easier. Sometimes the forestage doubles as the orchestra pit by use of a lift.
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take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
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See carry
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a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
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LOAD CARRYING PART
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Refers to hair styled to "stand away" from the scalp, contributing to volume.
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remove (hair) by scalping
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Lift is the chemical process of lightening the color of the hair. Different hair color formulations have different lifting abilities