Lift vs Paternoster - What's the difference?
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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.
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To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up .
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* 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.
The Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.
(archaic) A rosary; a string of beads used in counting the prayers said.
A slow, continuously moving lift or elevator consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins running the height of a building. The moving compartment is entered at one level and left when the desired level is reached. Found in some university libraries. Named after the string of prayer beads due to their similar arrangement.
(archaic) A patent medicine. So named because the salesman would pray the Lord's prayer over it before selling it.
(fishing, AU) A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line and one or more hooks on traces at right angles, spaced above the sinker.
(architecture) A bead-like ornament in mouldings.
As nouns the difference between lift and paternoster
is that lift is air while paternoster is the Lord's prayer, especially in a Roman Catholic context.As verbs the difference between lift and paternoster
is that lift is to raise or rise while paternoster is to try to catch (fish, etc.) with a paternoster rig.lift
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)
Synonyms
* (mechanical device) elevator * (act of transporting) ride * (upward force) upliftSee also
* escalatorAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia paternoster)Noun
(en noun)- Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
