/lɪft/
Translation
To take something up to a higher place with your hands or arms.
Word origin
From Old Norse lypta, meaning to raise up into the air.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- lypta
Grammar
Examples
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"Lifted" is the past form of "lift".
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Here "lift" means to raise the bag up.
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"Lifts" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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