Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
- (informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (obsolete) To bear; to support.
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
Substantiivit
- (UK dialectal chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- an improvement in mood
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A lift gate.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Esimerkit
- You never lift a finger to help me!
- The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
- Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
- Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
- The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start to the Premier League season but this result helps lift the pressure.
- Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.
- She can lift twice her bodyweight.
- strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
- The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
- being lifted up with pride
- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
- The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
- the lift of a lock in canals
- He gave me a lift to the train station.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | lifted | Imperfekti | lifted |
| Partisiipin preesens | lifting | Monikko | lifts |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | lifts | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | lifteth (vanhahtava) |
Luokat
- Australia
- Brittienglanti
- Epämuodolliset termit
- Germaanisista kantakielistä johdetut sanat
- Historialliset sanat
- Indoeurooppalaisista kantakielistä johdetut sanat
- Insinööritiede
- Merenkulku
- Muinaisenglannista johdetut sanat
- Muinaisnorjasta johdetut sanat
- Murteelliset ilmaukset
- Skotlannin englanti
- Slangi
- Substantiivit
- Tanssit
- Vanhentuneet sanat
- Verbit