lift

n. தூக்குதல், மேல் நோக்கி உயர்த்துதல், மேலே எழுப்புதல், தூக்காற்றல், தூக்கும் செவ்வுயரம், தூக்கும் கருவி, பாரந்தூக்கி, இயங்கேணி, தளங்களிடையே ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களுக்குரிய கருவி, இயங்கேணிக்குரிய புழைக்கூடு, விமானக் காற்றழுத்தத்தின் செந்தூக்கான ஆற்றல் கூறு, உயர்வு, பதவிமேம்பாட்டுப் படி, மேலாக்கப்படி, உயர்வுதவி, மேம்பாட்டாதரவு, உந்துலத்தில் சிறிது தொலைவு ஏற்றிச் செல்லும் உதவி, (வினை) தூக்கு, உயர்த்து, தாங்கியெட, மேல்தளத்துக்குக் கொண்டுசெல், எடுத்துக் கொண்டுசெல், திருடி எடுத்துச்செல், ஆனிரை சுவர், தூக்கி நிமிர்த்து, எடுத்து நிற்கவை, உயர்வுடையதாகக் கொள், உயர்த்தப் பெறு, வீங்கு, புடை, எழு, அலையில் மிதந்தெழு, மகிழ்வூட்டு, அகற்று, அகல், விலகு, பந்தினை மேல்நோக்கி எறி, உருளைக்கிழங்கினைத் தோண்டி எடு.

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Lift, n.Etym: [AS.lyft air. See Loft.] Defn: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.] Lift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] Etym: [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G. lüften; -- 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. 2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. Addison. Lest, being lifted up with pride. I Tim. iii. 6. 3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] Spenser. 4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. 5. Etym: [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. Shoplifter.] Defn: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. Shak. 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. Lift, v. i. 1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. Locke. 2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it. 3. Etym: [See Lift, v. t., 5.] Defn: To live by theft. Spenser. Lift, n. 1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. 2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Bacon. 3. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.] The goat gives the fox a lift. L'Estrange. 4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) An exercising machine. 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. 6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Naut.) Defn: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. 8. (Mach.) Defn: One of the steps of a cone pulley. 9. (Shoemaking) Defn: A layer of leather in the heel. 10. (Horology) Defn: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Saunier. Dead lift. See under Dead. Swift. -- Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside. -- Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting. -- Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer. -- Lift lock, a canal lock. -- Lift pump, a lifting pump. -- Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed. -- Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.