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📖 Определения и значения для слова lift

📒 to raise somebody/something or be raised to a higher position or level

  • lift somebody/something I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
  • She lifted her head to look at him.
  • lift somebody/something up He lifted the toddler up and cuddled her.

📒 to take hold of somebody/something and move them/it to a different position

  • I lifted the baby out of the chair.
  • He lifted the suitcase down from the rack.
  • Carefully lift the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack.

📒 to transport people or things by air

  • The survivors were lifted to safety by helicopter.

📒 to give somebody/something the ability to escape from a difficult situation

  • The best way to lift nations out of poverty is through trade.

📒 to remove or end controls or limits

  • The government decided to lift the ban on arms exports.
  • to lift sanctions/restrictions
  • The US remained opposed to lifting the embargo.

📒 to become or make somebody more cheerful

  • His heart lifted at the sight of her.
  • lift something The news lifted our spirits.

📒 to rise and disappear

  • The fog began to lift.
  • (figurative) Gradually my depression started to lift.
  • The fog suddenly lifted.

📒 to steal something

  • He had been lifting electrical goods from the store where he worked.

📒 to use somebody’s ideas or words without asking permission or without saying where they come from

  • She lifted most of the ideas from a book she had been reading.
  • lines lifted from a famous poem

📒 to dig up vegetables or plants from the ground

  • to lift potatoes

📒 to make the amount or level of something greater; to become greater in amount or level

  • Interest rates were lifted yesterday.
  • The redevelopment along the river should help lift property prices in the area.

📒 to do nothing to help somebody

  • The children never lift a finger to help around the house.
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