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94 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • lift v. (Transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • lift v. (Transitive, slang) To steal.
  • lift v. (Transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
  • lift v. (Transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
  • lift v. (Transitive) To remove (A ban, restriction, etc.).
  • lift v. (Transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (Pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
  • lift v. (Transitive) to cause to move upwards.
  • lift v. (Informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • lift v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • lift v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  • lift v. (Obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • lift v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • lift v. (Programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  • lift v. (Finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
  • lift v. (Hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
  • lift n. An act of lifting or raising.
  • lift n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • lift n. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors…
  • lift n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  • lift n. (Measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  • lift n. (Historical slang) A thief.
  • lift n. (Dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  • lift n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • lift n. (Figurative) An improvement in mood.
  • lift n. The amount or weight to be lifted.
  • lift n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • lift n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • lift n. A liftgate.
  • lift n. (Nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
  • lift n. (Engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  • lift n. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  • lift n. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
  • lift n. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  • lift n. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Danish
    • lift n. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride.
    • lift n. Boost.
    • lift n. Carrycot.
    • lift n. Lift.
  • Danish - Volapük
  • Estonian - Hungarian - Serbo-croatian
    • lift n. Lift, elevator.
  • Hunsrik
    • Lift n. Plural of Luft.
  • Indonesian
    • lift n. Lift, mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  • Middle english
  • Romanian
    • lift n. (Tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A stroke that gives the ball an upward trajection.
  • Romanian - Uzbek
    • lift n. Elevator, lift.
  • Scots
    • lift n. Sky, firmament.
    • lift n. (Middle Scots) air, atmosphere.
  • Slovak
    • lift n. (Colloquial) an elevator, lift.
  • Volapük
    • lift n. Altitude adjustor.
— English words, defined in German —
  • lift S. Britisches Englisch (BE): Fahrstuhl, Aufzug, Lift.
  • lift S. Hilfe, Unterstützung.
  • lift S. Das Hochheben, Anheben.
  • lift S. Mitnehmen eines Anhalters.
  • lift S. Auftrieb (Technik).
  • lift S. Hochgefühl, Auftrieb.
  • lift V. Hochheben, anheben, heben.
  • lift V. Menschliche Gefühle: fröhlicher werden oder jemanden machen: anheben, heben (beispielsweise die Stimmung…
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • lift w. Opheffen.
  • lift w. Stelen.
— English words, defined in French —
  • lift n. (Royaume-Uni) Ascenseur.
  • lift n. (Aéronautique) Portance.
  • lift n. (Rugby) Saut porté.
  • lift v. Lever, soulever, élever, hisser.
  • lift v. (Argot) Voler, dérober.
  • lift v. Enlever, retirer (Une interdiction, une restriction, etc.).
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • lift s. Subir, elevarse.
  • lift s. El acto de subir o elevarse.
  • lift s. El acto de transportar a alguien en un vehículo.
  • lift s. Ascensor o elevador.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • lift s. (Reino Unido) carona, levada (ato de transportar em um veículo, normalmente de forma gratuito).
  • lift s. (Reino Unido) elevador.
  • lift s. (Aerodinâmica) sustentação.
  • lift v. Erguer, elevar.
  • lift v. (Popular) roubar.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • lift s. (Fisica) (meccanica) portanza.
  • lift s. (UK) (AU) ascensore, elevatore, sollevare.
— In German —
  • lift V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs liften.
  • Lift S. In oder an einem Gebäude befindliche mechanische Vorrichtung…
  • Lift S. Mechanische Vorrichtung, mit der Wintersportler hangaufwärts…
  • Lift S. Umgangssprachlich: das (geräuschvolle) Nach-oben-Ziehen des Nasenschleims.
  • Lift S. Umgangssprachlich, sonst besonders Namibia, Südafrika (KwaZulu-Natal)…
  • Lift S. Medizin, Chirurgie: aus kosmetischen Gründen durchgeführte…
— In Dutch —
  • lift n. (Techniek) een verticaal transportsysteem voor goederen en mensen.
  • lift n. (Natuurkunde) de draagkracht van een vliegtuig.
  • lift n. Iemand gratis laten meerijden naar een plaats waar men toch…
  • lift w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van liften #gebiedende wijs van liften.
— In French —
  • lift n.m. (Tennis, Tennis de table) Effet sur une balle produit en…
  • lift n.m. (Vieilli) (Anglicisme) Ascenseur.
  • lift n.m. (Par métonymie) Liftier.
  • lift n.m. (Québec) (Familier) Transport, généralement en voiture…
  • lift n.m. (Belgique) Auto-stop et, comme en québécois, transport…
  • lift n.m. (Canada) (Anglicisme) (Familier) Chariot élévateur.
— In Italian —
  • lift s. Inserviente adibito all’ascensore.
  • lift s. (Sport) definizione mancante; se vuoi, [lift aggiungila] tu.
193 English words from 49 English definitions

acknowledgement act adjustor air aircraft alleviate aloft Altitude amount and another anything arrest asset atmosphere Australia balance ball ban bear bearing below between Boost building built built␣in buy Carrycot cause chiefly collect Colloquial commercial condition cone construction context corresponding dance degree device dialectal difference different directly distance due during elevate elevation elevator Engineering etc exert existing extremity Figurative Finance firmament floors for force for␣sale from function given gives goods heavens heel Historical Horology hounds Hunting improve improvement impulse Informal into intransitive keeps layer leading leather Left lift lifted liftgate lifting lighten lock lower Luft masthead Measurement mechanical Middle Middle␣Scots moneys mood move Nautical New New␣Zealand non non-commercial Obsolete of␣a off offered often One other partner people Permanent person plagiarise platform Plural pool portion Pressure previously Programming pulley raise raising rank remove restriction ride rise rope sale scent Scotland Scots security separated shoe Shoemaking sky slang someone something source space spot steal steps strength stress stroke such such␣as support table table␣tennis take tennis tension that that␣is the them thief through to␣the trajection transform transitive transporting trip try upper upward upwards used vehicle vertically vibration volleyball waterway weight weight-lift weights which with without yard Zealand

44 English words from 45 foreign definitions

all Argot Auto Canada Chariot Chirurgie das der des die een Effet etc gratis heben hisser interdiction KwaZulu KwaZulu-Natal laten levada Lever lift men Namibia Natal Par Person Popular Portance Québec restriction retirer Rugby Singular Sport stop table Tennis transport Uni van Verbs voiture

132 foreign words from 45 foreign definitions

acto adibito Aerodinâmica Aéronautique Aktiv alguien Anglicisme Anhalters anheben Ascenseur Ascensor ascensore ato Auftrieb Aufzug aus Auto-stop balle befindliche beispielsweise Belgique besonders Britisches carona Chariot␣élévateur comme definizione dérober de␣table draagkracht durchgeführte einem eines elevador elevar elevarse élévateur elevatore élever Englisch Enkelvoud Enlever Erguer Fahrstuhl Familier Fisica forma fröhlicher Gebäude gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs Gefühle généralement geräuschvolle goederen gratuito Gründen Hilfe Hochgefühl Hochheben Iemand Imperativ Inserviente jemanden kosmetischen liften Liftier machen mancante meccanica mechanische Medizin meerijden Menschliche mensen métonymie mit Mitnehmen naar Nach Nasenschleims Natuurkunde normalmente oben oder Opheffen plaats portanza porté Präsens produit québécois Reino Reino␣Unido roubar Royaume Royaume-Uni Saut Saut␣porté sonst soulever Stelen Stimmung subir Südafrika sur sustentação Techniek Technik tegenwoordige␣tijd Tennis␣de␣table tijd toch transportar Umgangssprachlich une Unido Unterstützung vehículo veículo verticaal Vieilli vliegtuig Voler voor Vorrichtung vuoi waar werden wijs Wintersportler Ziehen

87 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

lifts lifted lifter liftie liftin Lifton liftup lift␣up liftboy lift␣car lifters liftest lifteth lifties lifting liftman liftmen lift␣net liftoff lift-off lift␣off liftout liftups liftable liftback liftboys lift␣cars lift␣club liftgate lift␣girl liftings liftless liftline lift␣nets liftoffs lift-offs liftouts liftover lift␣pass lift␣pump lifts␣off liftbacks lift␣clubs lifted␣off liftering liftgates lift␣girls liftingly liftlines lift␣music +37 words

183 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

clifts Clifts clifty glifts clifted Clifton relifts uplifts airlifts cowlifts eyelifts gum␣lifts haylifts manlifts man␣lifts outlifts relifted sealifts skilifts ski␣lifts skylifts slifting unlifted uplifted uplifter airlifted airlifter asslifter babylifts backlifts Barclifts bit␣lifter boatlifts boat␣lifts browlifts buttlifts deadlifts draglifts facelifts face-lifts face␣lifts forelifts forklifts hairlifts heel␣lifts helilifts lid-lifter monolifts necklifts noselifts +133 words

81 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

clift Clift glift relift uplift airlift cowlift eyelift gum␣lift haylift manlift man␣lift outlift sealift skilift ski␣lift skylift babylift backlift Barclift boatlift boat␣lift browlift buttlift butt␣lift deadlift draglift facelift face-lift face␣lift forelift forklift hairlift heel␣lift helilift lash␣lift monolift necklift noselift Poma␣lift race␣lift reuplift rook␣lift shiplift shoe␣lift shoplift shop-lift tail␣lift chairlift chair-lift chair␣lift +30 words

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

if't lif LIF

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fil FIL Fil-

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

flit ILTF

15 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

clift Clift filet filth fitly flint Flint flipt flirt flist flite flits glift Latif lifts

26 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

fil FIL Fil- fit FiT FIT FLT flt. FTL if't ITF LFT lif LIF lit Lit &lit lit. TfL TFL tif TIF til TIL 'til TLI

31 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

fift gift GIFT left Left LIAT life Life LIFG Li-Fi LIFO LIFs lik't lilt lint Lint lirt list List Litt loft Loft LOFT luft nift rift sift tift Tift yift ZIFT

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

if't LFT lif LIF lit Lit &lit lit.


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