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.

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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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, 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.

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, 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.

Verb

(liv)

(lb) To be alive; to have life.

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(lb) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}

(lb) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

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To cope.

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(lb) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, title= Kim Jong-il obituary, work=The Guardian

, passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}

*{{quote-magazine, title= Towards the end of poverty

, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

(lb) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

*(John Foxe) (1516/7-1587)

*:to live the Gospel

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To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.

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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:a strong mast that lived upon the sea