lift Význam & definícia

Význam lift v slovenčine

• 0 to move something from a lower to a higher position:

  • Could you help me lift this table, please?

  • Could you lift your chair a little- I've got my coat caught under it.

  • She lifted the cigarette (up) to her lips.

  • He lifted his eyes (= looked up) from the paper and glared.

  • He is the hot favourite to lift the cup again next month.

  • They're lifting potatoes.

• 1 to take hold of and raise something in order to remove, carry, or move it to a different position:

  • She lifted the baby out of her chair.

  • He lifted the box carefully down from the shelf.

• 2 to make your voice louder, especially when performing

• 3 to make something more interesting or enjoyable:

  • The article is informative enough, but it's a little dull - we need something to lift it.

• 4 to make someone happier:

  • Nothing - not even the prospect of dinner - could lift his spirits.

• 5 (of mist or fog) to go away until none is left:

  • The morning mist had lifted and the sun was starting to come through.

• 6 to end a rule or law:

  • The restrictions on water usage have been lifted now that the river levels are normal.

  • At last they've lifted the ban on jeans at the club.

• 7 to steal something

  • He'd lifted whole passages from a website.

• 8 a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in a mine:

  • Take the lift to the sixth floor.

• 9 an act of lifting or raising something:

  • Give it one more lift and we'll have it at the top of the stairs.

• 10 a free journey in another person's vehicle, especially a car:

  • I'll give you a lift to the train station if you like.

  • He hitched a lift (= stood by the road and made a signal asking a car to stop and take him) to Birmingham.

• 11 to make someone happier:

  • She'd been feeling low but hearing that she'd got the job gave her a lift.

• 12 to move something from a lower to a higher position:

  • [ T ] I can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] The top of the stool lifts off (= can be removed) so you can store things in it.

  • [ T ] She lifted the baby out of her chair.

  • [ T ] fig. Nothing, it seemed, could lift his spirits (= make him feel happier).

• 13 (of fog or rain) to go away until none is left:

  • The morning mist had lifted and the sun was shining.

• 14 to end a rule or law:

  • They finally lifted the ban on baggy jeans at my school.

• 15 to steal something:

  • He lifted whole paragraphs verbatim from my book.

• 16 a free trip in another person’s vehicle, esp. a car:

  • Can I give you a lift home?

• 17 Br A lift is an elevator.

• 18 to make the amount or level of something rise:

  • Low interest rates may lift consumer confidence.

  • The group's shares were lifted 5.25p to 170p by the news.

  • Economists said that the cash probably helped lift the economy out of recession.

  • lift sales/prices/profits

• 19 to move something from a lower to a higher position:

  • They use a crane to lift the containers onto the ship.

• 20 to end a rule or law:

  • Federal officials will lift an order grounding all small planes.

  • lift a ban/an embargo/sanctions

• 21 an increase:

  • a lift in sth Local stores saw a lift in sales.

  • That gave the dollar a lift against the yen.

• 22 a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another:

  • Visitors normally take the lift to the reception level one floor below.

  • in the lift I came up in the lift with the company Chairman.