- lift
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (BrE) for taking people/goods between floors ⇨ See also ↑elevatorADJECTIVE▪ private, service▪
The hotel has a private lift linking it to the beach.
▪ baggage, goods, passenger, wheelchair▪ electric, hydraulicVERB + LIFT▪ go down in, go up in, take▪We took the lift down to the ground floor.
▪ operateLIFT + VERB▪ serve sth▪The lift serves the top four floors of the building.
▪ arriveLIFT + NOUN▪ button▪ doors▪ shaft▪ attendant, operator2 for taking people up mountains, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ ski▪ chair (usually chairlift), gondola (BrE)VERB + LIFT▪ take▪ operateLIFT + NOUN▪ car▪ operator▪ pass▪You'll need your lift pass for the ski lifts.
3 (BrE) free ride in a car, etc. ⇨ See also ↑rideADJECTIVE▪ freeVERB + LIFT▪ ask for, hitch, thumb▪We stood by the roadside and thumbed a lift.
▪ give sb, offer sb▪ accept▪Don't accept lifts from strangers.
PHRASES▪ a lift back, a lift home▪He offered us a lift home.
4 feeling of increased happiness/excitementADJECTIVE▪ big, great, huge, real▪Winning the semi-final gave the team a huge lift.
▪ emotionalVERB + LIFT▪ give sb▪ get{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb1 raise/move sb/sthADVERB▪ almost, half▪He hugged her, almost lifting her off the ground.
▪ fractionally, a little, slightly▪ slowly▪ sharply▪Her head lifted sharply
▪ carefully, gently, gingerly▪Carefully lift the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack.
▪ easily, effortlessly▪ bodily▪She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors.
▪ back, down, out, up▪She lifted back the sheet.
VERB + LIFT▪ can barely, can hardly▪The box was so heavy I could barely lift it.
▪ try to▪ manage to▪ be too heavy toPREPOSITION▪ above▪He stood, legs apart, arms lifted above his head.
▪ down▪She leaned on him and he half lifted her down the stairs.
▪ from▪He felt as if an enormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
▪ into▪The heavy beams were lifted into place.
▪ off▪She lifted the book up off the table.
▪ out of▪He lifted the baby out of its cradle.
▪ over▪She lifted the child over the fence.
▪ to▪Juliet nodded, lifting her face to David's.
2 remove a law/ruleADVERB▪ completely▪ partially▪The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.
VERB + LIFT▪ agree to, decide to, vote to▪The government decided to lift the ban on arms exports.
▪ refuse toLift is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑brow, ↑cloud, ↑darkness, ↑depression, ↑eye, ↑eyebrow, ↑fog, ↑gloom, ↑hand, ↑mist, ↑mood, ↑mouth, ↑shoulder, ↑spirit, ↑winLift is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑bag, ↑ban, ↑barrier, ↑beaker, ↑binoculars, ↑blockade, ↑boycott, ↑brow, ↑burden, ↑ceiling, ↑censorship, ↑chin, ↑control, ↑cover, ↑cup, ↑curfew, ↑curse, ↑dividend, ↑dress, ↑earnings, ↑embargo, ↑eye, ↑eyebrow, ↑eyelid, ↑fist, ↑flap, ↑floorboard, ↑foot, ↑game, ↑glass, ↑gloom, ↑hand, ↑hatch, ↑head, ↑hip, ↑immunity, ↑injunction, ↑leg, ↑lid, ↑martial law, ↑mood, ↑morale, ↑moratorium, ↑phone, ↑prohibition, ↑rate, ↑receiver, ↑restriction, ↑sanction, ↑siege, ↑skirt, ↑spirit, ↑suitcase, ↑tariff, ↑threat, ↑top, ↑trophy, ↑veil, ↑weight
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
