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Word entry · 4 letters

lift

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"Raise upward"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɪft/Part of speech verb, nounSorted filtStarts with LEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

Word origin

From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”).

Used in a sentence

  • The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.
  • You never lift a finger to help me!
  • c. 1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven.

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