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# lift

«lift» in Mova's school dictionary: **to pick something up and raise it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (lift, lifts, lifted, lifting); noun (a lift, lifts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lift is to pick something up and raise it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#m1)

2) A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it an elevator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#m2)

3) A lift is a free ride in someone's car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#m3)

4) To lift a rule or a ban is to end it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#m4)

5) A lift is a happy feeling: the news gave her a lift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it is weight lifted (kg), or a lift that carries a number of people or has a weight limit; a limit points to division with rounding up (30 people, 8 per trip → 4 trips). In science, a lever or a pulley helps lift heavy things. In safety: lift with your knees bent and your back straight; in a fire, use the stairs, not the lift.

### examples

- He lifts 20 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x1)
- The lift carries 8 people at a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x2)
- How many trips for 30 people? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x3)
- She lifted 3 boxes of 5 kg each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x4)
- Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x5)
- We took the lift to the tenth floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x6)
- Can you give me a lift to school? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x7)
- The fog lifted and the sun came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x8)
- In a fire, never use the lift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x9)
- He lifted the lad to his great shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/#x10)

### note

«Lift» (UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ) = «elevator» (USA, Canada). Regular verb: lifted. A ski lift carries skiers up a hill. Maths: a lift with a limit means divide and round up. Trap: the last trip may not be full but still counts.

### In the corpora

- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [Watercolour can sometimes be lifted with a tissue, and spills can be turned into clouds or water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/7/)
- [Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/11/)
- [Dogs have a special eyebrow muscle, which wolves mostly lack, that lifts the inner eyebrow to make puppy eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/12/)
- [In autumn the beekeeper lifts the hive to check its weight, to be sure the bees have enough food for winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lift» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.