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lifts

noun

Meaning

  1. An act of lifting or raising.
  2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  3. Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  5. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  6. A thief.
  7. To raise or rise.
  8. To steal.
  9. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
  10. To arrest (a person).
  11. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  12. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  13. Air.
  14. The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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