liftlift1 /lɪft/ ●●● verb 
1
[transitive] to take something in your hands and raise it, move it, or carry it somewhere: 
Can you help me lift this box?2[intransitive, transitive] also lift up to move something up into the air, or to move up into the air: Lift up your feet so I can sweep the floor.3[transitive] to remove a rule or a law that says that something is not allowed: Does the government plan to lift the ban on Cuban cigars?4[intransitive] if clouds or fog lift, they disappear5[transitive] informal to steal something, or to copy the words, ideas, music, etc. that someone else has written: Parts of her essay were lifted directly from an encyclopedia.
1 [transitive] to take something in your hands and raise it, move it, or carry it somewhere: Can you help me lift this box?2[intransitive, transitive] also lift up to move something up into the air, or to move up into the air: Lift up your feet so I can sweep the floor.3[transitive] to remove a rule or a law that says that something is not allowed: Does the government plan to lift the ban on Cuban cigars?4[intransitive] if clouds or fog lift, they disappear5[transitive] informal to steal something, or to copy the words, ideas, music, etc. that someone else has written: Parts of her essay were lifted directly from an encyclopedia.
