lift

lift is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form lift

Third-person singular lifts

Past tense lifted

Past participle lifted

Present participle lifting

1. Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up.

   He lifted the little boy onto his shoulders.

   She lifted the heavy box from the floor onto the table.

Noun

Singular lift

Plural lifts

1. If you give someone a lift, you drive them somewhere, usually in your car.
2. In Britain, a lift is an elevator: a machine to lift people up or down to different parts of a building.

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  A strong man lifting a very heavy weight.

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  A lift (elevator)