lift

/lɪft/

US pronunciation

American sound/lɪft/

lift

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> lift

Myanmar meaning

(v) မ (n) ဓာတ်လှေကား

Full entry

lift / lÇft / v

၁။ ~ sb/sth (up) မသည်။ ပင့်သည်။ မြှင့်သည်။ Lift me up, mummy — I can’t see. ❍ The government are planning to lift interest rates.
၂။ ချီသည်။ မသည်။ lift a baby out of a pram ❍ lift a suitcase down from the rack.
၃။ တက်ကြွသည်။ The sun came out and lifted our spirits. ❍ Her heart lifted at the thought of him.
၄။ ကွဲသွားသည်။ ပျောက်ပြယ်သွားသည်။ The mist began to lift.
၅။ နုတ်သည်။ ဖော်သည်။ lift potatoes / turnips.
၆။ ~ sth (from sb/sth) (infml )
(က) ခိုးယူသည်။ အလစ်သုတ် သွားသည်။ lift goods from a warehouse. See also SHOPLIFT (ခ) ခိုးချသည်။ Many of his ideas were lifted from other authors.
၇။ ရုပ်သိမ်းသည်။ lift a ban / a curfew/an embargo/a blockade.
၈။ လေကြောင်းဖြင့် ပို့ဆောင်သည်။ The survivors were lifted to safety by helicopter from the stricken ship. See also AIRLIFT
n
၁။ (Brit ) (US elevator) [C] ဓာတ်လှေကား။ ပင့်စက်။ a hydraulic lift ❍ It’s on the sixth floor — let’s take the lift. See also CHAIR-LIFT, SKI-LIFT
၂။ [C] ကားနှင့်တင်ခေါ်ခြင်း။ I’ll give you a lift to the station. ❍ hitch a lift.
၃။ [U] (လေယာဉ်တောင်ပံ စသည် အပေါ် သက်ရောက်သည့်) လေပင့်အား။ Compare DRAG n ၅
၄။ [sing] စိတ်ဓာတ်တက်ကြွမှု။ Getting the job gave me a tremendous lift.
၅။ [sing] ပင့်ခြင်း။ မခြင်း။ မြှင့်ခြင်း။
❏ lift off [PHRV ] (ဒုံးပျံ၊ အာကာသယာဉ်) လွှတ်တင်သည်၊ စတက်သည်။
❏ lift-off n [C, U] (ဒုံးပျံ၊ အာကာသယာဉ်) လွှတ်တင်ခြင်း။ We have lift-off. See also BLAST-OFF
❏ lift / raise a finger / hand (to do sth) [IDM ] (infml ) နည်းနည်းမျှပင် (ကူဖော်မရ)။ He never lifts a finger to help with the housework.

More examples

Lift the lid and look inside the box.
The phone rang and he lifted the receiver immediately.
[lift something off/onto/from etc] : We lifted the new books onto a shelf.
We watched the balloon lift slowly into the air.
[lift something from something] : He lifted his eyes from the newspaper as Kate walked into the room.
[lift something to something] : Ruth lifted her face to the sun.
Her shoulders lifted slightly but she didn’t say anything.
Lie on the floor and try to lift your legs slowly.
[lift someone out of something] : Economic measures designed to lift the country out of recession
They’re hoping to get the ban lifted by the end of the month.
She was lifted a little by the news that they had phoned.
[lift someone’s spirits] : Being in the sunshine all day really lifted my spirits.
I felt as if a great financial burden had been lifted from my shoulders.
I watched him lift a couple of CDs and stuff them into his jacket.
An increase in interest rates will lift the value of the dollar.
The two men have been lifted to safety.

Synonyms

raise, pick up, haul up, elevate, boost, abstract, advance, aid, ameliorate, annul, appropriate, arise, aspire, assist, assistance, bear aloft, brighten, bring up, build up, buoy up, buzz, cancel, car ride, climb, come up, comfort, cop, copy, countermand, crib, dignify, disappear, dismantle, disperse, dissipate, draw up, drive, elate, encouragement, end, enhance, erect, exalt, filch, goose, hand, heft, help, help yourself, high, hike, hike up, hoist, hook, improve, jack up, journey, jump up, kick, leg up, lighten, mount, move up, nick, nip, passage, pick-me-up, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, pocket, promote, purloin, put up, raise high, rear, reassurance, recall, relax, relief, remove, repeal, rescind, reverse, revitalization, revoke, ride, rise, run, secours, shot in the arm, snitch, soar, steal, stop, succor, support, swipe, take, take back, take up, terminate, thieve, tonic, transport, transportation, up, upgrade, upheave, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vanish, walk off with, winch up

Antonyms

allow, appear, approve, begin, collect, condemn, decrease, demote, denounce, depress, descend, discouragement, disgrace, dispirit, drop, fall, gather, give, give birth, harm, hindrance, humiliate, hurt, ill will, impose, injury, lessen, lower, neglect, permit, receive, reduce, release, restore, set down, shame, start, stop, stoppage, weaken