Meanings
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1
verb
To raise something to a higher position.
He lifted the box onto the shelf.
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2
noun
A free ride in a vehicle.
They gave me a lift home after the party.
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3
verb
To officially end a rule, ban, or restriction.
The government lifted the ban on travel last month.
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4
verb
To rise upward or move away.
The fog slowly lifted as the sun came up.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”). Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). Doublet of loft and luft.