noun

 

machine a machine that carries people up and down in tall buildings

Shall we use the stairs or take the lift?

 

ride a free ride somewhere, usually in a car

Can you give me a lift to the airport?

 

move when you move someone or something up to a higher position

 

verb

 

up to put something or someone in a higher position

Could you help me lift this table, please?

 

weather If fog lifts, it disappears.

By noon the fog had lifted and the day turned hot.

 

rules to stop a rule

The government had already lifted the ban on beef imports.

 

steal to steal or copy something

Entire paragraphs of his thesis were lifted from other sources.