lift

«lift» in Mova's school dictionary: to pick something up and raise it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (lift, lifts, lifted, lifting); noun (a lift, lifts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To lift is to pick something up and raise it. tree →

2) A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it an elevator. tree →

3) A lift is a free ride in someone's car. tree →

4) To lift a rule or a ban is to end it. tree →

5) A lift is a happy feeling: the news gave her a lift. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths it is weight lifted (kg), or a lift that carries a number of people or has a weight limit; a limit points to division with rounding up (30 people, 8 per trip → 4 trips). In science, a lever or a pulley helps lift heavy things. In safety: lift with your knees bent and your back straight; in a fire, use the stairs, not the lift.

examples

• He lifts 20 kg. tree →
• The lift carries 8 people at a time. tree →
• How many trips for 30 people? tree →
• She lifted 3 boxes of 5 kg each. tree →
• Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box. tree →
• We took the lift to the tenth floor. tree →
• Can you give me a lift to school? tree →
• The fog lifted and the sun came out. tree →
• In a fire, never use the lift. tree →
• He lifted the lad to his great shoulder. tree →

note

«Lift» (UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ) = «elevator» (USA, Canada). Regular verb: lifted. A ski lift carries skiers up a hill. Maths: a lift with a limit means divide and round up. Trap: the last trip may not be full but still counts.

In the corpora

• Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.
• Watercolour can sometimes be lifted with a tissue, and spills can be turned into clouds or water.
• Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.
• Dogs have a special eyebrow muscle, which wolves mostly lack, that lifts the inner eyebrow to make puppy eyes.
• In autumn the beekeeper lifts the hive to check its weight, to be sure the bees have enough food for winter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lift» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.