Gather vs Lift - What's the difference?
gather | lift |
To collect; normally separate things.
# Especially, to harvest food.
# To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
# To congregate, or assemble.
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# To grow gradually larger by accretion.
#* Francis Bacon
To bring parts of a whole closer.
# (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
# (knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
# (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
# (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
(intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
(glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
To gain; to win.
* Dryden
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
(glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
Air.
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
(intransitive) To raise or rise.
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(slang) To steal.
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To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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to cause to move upwards.
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(informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
* John Locke
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up .
* Addison
* Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 6
(obsolete) To bear; to support.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
An act of lifting or raising.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
(British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
(measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
A thief.
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(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
an improvement in mood
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The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
A rise; a degree of elevation.
A lift gate.
(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
In nautical terms the difference between gather and lift
is that gather is to haul in; to take up while lift is a rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.As verbs the difference between gather and lift
is that gather is to collect; normally separate things while lift is to raise or rise.As nouns the difference between gather and lift
is that gather is a plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker while lift is air.gather
English
Verb
(en verb)- I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
- She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
- We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
- Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
- People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
- Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
- Their snowball did not gather as it went.
- She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
- A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
- Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
- If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.
- to gather the slack of a rope
- From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
- I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
- Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
- He gathers ground upon her in the chase.
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* gathering ironAnagrams
* * English ergative verbslift
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lifte, . More at (l).Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (gas or vapour breathed) air * atmosphere * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) liften, lyften, from (etyl) . See above.Verb
(en verb)- The fog eventually lifted , leaving the streets clear.
- You never lift a finger to help me!
- 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.
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- She can lift twice her bodyweight.
- strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
- The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
- being lifted up with pride
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* lift-offNoun
(en noun)- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
- The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift .
- (Francis Bacon)
- the lift of a lock in canals
- (Saunier)