lift

Definitions

• (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
• (transitive) To steal.
• (transitive) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
• (transitive) To arrest (a person).
• (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
• (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
• (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
• (informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
• To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
• To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
• (obsolete) To bear; to support.
• To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
• (computing) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
• (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.