I.
noun
1 ( BrE ) for taking people/goods between floors ⇨ See also ↑ elevator
ADJECTIVE
▪ private , service
▪
The hotel has a private ~ linking it to the beach.
▪ baggage , goods , passenger , wheelchair
▪ electric , hydraulic
VERB + LIFT
▪ go down in , go up in , take
▪
We took the ~ down to the ground floor.
▪ operate
LIFT + VERB
▪ serve sth
▪
The ~ serves the top four floors of the building.
▪ arrive
LIFT + NOUN
▪ button
▪ doors
▪ shaft
▪ attendant , operator
2 for taking people up mountains, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ ski
▪ chair (usually chairlift ) , gondola ( BrE )
VERB + LIFT
▪ take
▪ operate
LIFT + NOUN
▪ car
▪ operator
▪ pass
▪
You'll need your ~ pass for the ski lifts.
3 ( BrE ) free ride in a car, etc. ⇨ See also ↑ ride
ADJECTIVE
▪ free
VERB + LIFT
▪ ask for , hitch , thumb
▪
We stood by the roadside and thumbed a ~.
▪ give sb , offer sb
▪ accept
▪
Don't accept ~s from strangers.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ back , a ~ home
▪
He offered us a ~ home.
4 feeling of increased happiness/excitement
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , huge , real
▪
Winning the semi-final gave the team a huge ~.
▪ emotional
VERB + LIFT
▪ give sb
▪ get
II.
verb
1 raise/move sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ almost , half
▪
He hugged her, almost ~ing her off the ground.
▪ fractionally , a little , slightly
▪ slowly
▪ sharply
▪
Her head ~ed sharply
▪ carefully , gently , gingerly
▪
Carefully ~ the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack.
▪ easily , effortlessly
▪ bodily
▪
She was ~ed bodily aboard by two sailors.
▪ back , down , out , up
▪
She ~ed back the sheet.
VERB + LIFT
▪ can barely , can hardly
▪
The box was so heavy I could barely ~ it.
▪ try to
▪ manage to
▪ be too heavy to
PREPOSITION
▪ above
▪
He stood, legs apart, arms ~ed above his head.
▪ down
▪
She leaned on him and he half ~ed her down the stairs.
▪ from
▪
He felt as if an enormous weight had been ~ed from his shoulders.
▪ into
▪
The heavy beams were ~ed into place.
▪ off
▪
She ~ed the book up off the table.
▪ out of
▪
He ~ed the baby out of its cradle.
▪ over
▪
She ~ed the child over the fence.
▪ to
▪
Juliet nodded, ~ing her face to David's.
2 remove a law/rule
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ partially
▪
The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially ~ed.
VERB + LIFT
▪ agree to , decide to , vote to
▪
The government decided to ~ the ban on arms exports.
▪ refuse to
Lift is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ brow , ↑ cloud , ↑ darkness , ↑ depression , ↑ eye , ↑ eyebrow , ↑ fog , ↑ gloom , ↑ hand , ↑ mist , ↑ mood , ↑ mouth , ↑ shoulder , ↑ spirit , ↑ win
Lift 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