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lifted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lifted}; p. pr & vb n. {Lifting}.] [Icel. lypta, fr lopt air; akin to Sw lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See {Loft}, and cf 1st {Lift}.] 1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place -- said of material things as to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lifted adj : held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag" [syn: {upraised}]
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