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Lift vs Lash - What's the difference?

lift | lash |

In transitive terms the difference between lift and lash

is that lift is to cause to move upwards while lash is to bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

In obsolete terms the difference between lift and lash

is that lift is to bear; to support while lash is relaxed.

As nouns the difference between lift and lash

is that lift is air while lash is the thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

As verbs the difference between lift and lash

is that lift is to raise or rise while lash is to strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

As an adjective lash is

remiss, lax.

lift

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lifte, . More at (l).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Air.
  • The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
  • Synonyms
    * (gas or vapour breathed) air * atmosphere * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) liften, lyften, from (etyl) . See above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • The fog eventually lifted , leaving the streets clear.
    You never lift a finger to help me!
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • 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.
  • *
  • (slang) To steal.
  • *
  • To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  • To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start to the Premier League season but this result helps lift the pressure.}}
  • to cause to move upwards.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Aled Williams , title=Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport Wales citation , page= , passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}
  • (informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • She can lift twice her bodyweight.
  • To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • * John Locke
  • strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
  • To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up .
  • * Addison
  • The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
  • * Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 6
  • being lifted up with pride
  • (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • (Spenser)
  • To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • Derived terms
    * lift-off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of lifting or raising.
  • The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • He gave me a lift to the bus station.
  • (British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  • Take the lift to the fourth floor.
  • 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.
  • * 1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society 2006, page 32:
  • 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.
  • (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
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
  • The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift .
  • The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • the lift of a lock in canals
  • 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.
  • (Saunier)
    (Webster 1913)
    Synonyms
    * (mechanical device) elevator * (act of transporting) ride * (upward force) uplift
    See also
    * escalator

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lash

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Noun

    (es)
  • The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
  • (label) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
  • A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
  • A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
  • * (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
  • The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
  • A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
  • In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
  • In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night)
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  • We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward.
  • To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
  • the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
    And big waves lash the frighted shores.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Carlo Ancelotti's out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.}}
  • To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
  • He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
  • To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
  • to lash vice
  • To ply the whip; to strike.
  • To utter censure or sarcastic language.
  • To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
  • (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.}}

    See also

    * lash out

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lachier, from (etyl)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
  • to lash something to a spar
    lash a pack on a horse's back
    (to bind with a rope) * Finnish: (trans-mid) * Jèrriais: (t) (trans-bottom)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) lasche'' (French '' ).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
  • (obsolete) Relaxed.
  • Soft, watery, wet.
  • * 1658': Fruits being unwholesome and '''lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
  • (Ulster) excellent, wonderful
  • ''We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash !
    That Chinese (food) was lash !
  • Drunk.