lift

US /lɪft/

UK /lɪft/

A2

noun

  • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
  • Movement of something to higher position

verb

  • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
  • To move something to higher position
  • To make something increase in amount
  • To make something disappear often by stealing it

Examples

Carefully lift the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack.

He stood, legs apart, arms lifted above his head.