Antonyms for lift


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lift
Phonetic Transcription : lɪft


Definition of lift

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cf. Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.
  • noun transportation
  • noun help, aid
  • verb move upwards; ascend
  • verb repeal, revoke
  • verb steal
  • verb promote, improve
Example sentences :
  • She put out both arms as if to lift the young girl, and carry her away.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Lift up your sweet face, my best child, my own Clarissa Harlowe!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Mrs. Roberts, it was just that which she wanted to do,—lift them up.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Mechanically, you raise your hand to lift away your optimistic spectacles.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Here I am, and here I bide, while God gives me strength to lift a sword.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I am writing this on the bureau, so that when I lift my eyes I may see It.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He only awoke when the driver took hold of him to lift him down.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I suspect that she dared not lift her head for fear I might see the laughter in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • But lift the whole problem out of the realm of books as such!
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • There was something that is supposed to be the prerogative of royalty in the lift of it.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for lift

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