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n.
device for raising and lowering people and freight
( BE ; AE has elevator )
1) to operate a ~ (a ~boy or ~man operates a ~)
2) to take a ~ (we took the ~ to the tenth floor)
3) a service ~ ( see also elevator 1-6)
conveyor suspended from a cable
4) a chair, ski ~
ride
( colloq. )
5) to bum; get a ~ (from smb.)
6) to give smb. a ~
boost, inspiration
( colloq. )
7) to get a ~ (from smb. or smt.)
8) to give smb. a ~ (your words of encouragement gave us a real ~)
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v.
1) ( D ; tr. ) ('to raise') to ~ from (she did not ~ her head from the TV set)
2) ( d ; tr. ) ('to steal') to ~ from (the material was ~ed from smb.'s dissertation)