noun. The act of raising or rising.

noun. A lift; aid; assistance.

noun. An attempt; a tentative attack.

adjective. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

adjective. a lift bridge.

adjective. See 2d Jack, 5.

adjective. See Health lift, under Health.

adjective. A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.

adjective. a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.

adjective. one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.

noun. Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

noun. Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance; facelift.

verb. Present participle of lift.

"The Rowntree Foundation has made it abundantly clear that the 'lifting' is not enough, and also that it has stalled."

drifting  gifting  shifting  sifting  

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