1. noun /lɪft/
a) air.
He gave me a lift to the bus station.
Take the lift to the fourth floor.
2. verb /lɪft/
a) To raise.
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.
b) To steal.
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