{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "lɪft" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/lift.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/lift.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (AU)", "url": "" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense \"a mechanical device for vertical transport\".\n(To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (hliftus) \"thief\", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)).", "From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”).\nCognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). More at loft." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.\nThe fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.\nYou never lift a finger to help me!" }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To steal." }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise." }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To arrest (a person)." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.)." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)" }, { "mean": "(transitive) to cause to move upwards." }, { "mean": "(informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.\nShe lifts twice a week at the gym." }, { "mean": "To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing." }, { "mean": "To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To bear; to support." }, { "mean": "To collect, as moneys due; to raise." }, { "mean": "(programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context." }, { "mean": "(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale." }, { "mean": "(hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "An act of lifting or raising." }, { "mean": "The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.\nSynonym: ride\n\nHe gave me a lift to the bus station." }, { "mean": "(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.\nSynonym: (US, Canada, Australia) elevator\nTake the lift to the fourth floor." }, { "mean": "An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.\nSynonym: uplift" }, { "mean": "(measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock." }, { "mean": "(historical slang) A thief." }, { "mean": "(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air." }, { "mean": "Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically." }, { "mean": "(figurative) An improvement in mood." }, { "mean": "The amount or weight to be lifted.\nWhat's the maximum lift of this crane?" }, { "mean": "The space or distance through which anything is lifted." }, { "mean": "A rise; a degree of elevation.\nthe lift of a lock in canals" }, { "mean": "A liftgate." }, { "mean": "(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." }, { "mean": "(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley." }, { "mean": "(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe." }, { "mean": "(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The Dictionary of the Scots Language" } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air." }, { "mean": "(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere." } ] }, { "name": "References_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "lift at OneLook Dictionary Search\nlift in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911\nDouglas Harper(2001–2023),“lift”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.\n\n ^ Hlenni in Cleasby/Vigfusson An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874) p. 270" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "레퍼런스", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참조_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(gas or vapour breathed): air", "(firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere", "(the heavens, sky): welkin" ], "kor": [ "", "", "" ] } } }