lift
lift
lÉĒft
lift
/lÉĒft/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lift"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move a thing from a lower position or level to a higher one
Transitive: to lift sth
to lift definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction worker lifts heavy bricks onto the scaffold.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āχāϟ āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĒāϰ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

to grasp or hold onto something and move it to a different place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lifted the suitcase off the ground and placed it in the trunk of the car.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧁āϟāϕ⧇āϏ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move upward from a lower position or surface
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sun slowly lifted above the horizon, signaling the start of a new day.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to raise the intensity or volume of one's voice, often to be heard more clearly or to convey emphasis or emotion
Transitive: to lift one's voice
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the argument escalated, she lifted her voice in frustration, hoping to make her point understood.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϝāĻ–āύ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ  āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct one's gaze or move one's face upward to observe or focus on a particular person or object
Transitive: to lift one's gaze or face
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Upon hearing the sound of the approaching airplane, the child lifted his face to watch it fly overhead.
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āωāĻ āĻžāϞ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to improve someone's mood, morale, or confidence, often by providing encouragement, support, or positive reinforcement
Transitive: to lift a person's mood or confidence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The surprise visit from his family lifted his spirits during his hospital stay.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ āĻžāύ, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to raise someone or something to a higher rank, status, or condition
Transitive: to lift sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His recent achievements lifted his standing within the organization, earning him respect and recognition.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to steal or take away possessions that belong to others without permission
Transitive: to lift someone's possessions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Thieves lifted several valuable paintings from the museum during the chaotic event.
āĻ…āϰāĻžāϜāĻ• āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‹āϰäģŦåšį‰Šéφ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ•āϞāĻž āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to perform a surgical procedure aimed at tightening and rejuvenating specific areas of the body
Transitive: to lift the skin of one's face
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The plastic surgeon lifted her cheeks to restore firmness and eliminate sagging caused by aging.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϧāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟ āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to collect or extract a fingerprint from a surface for further examination or identification
Transitive: to lift a fingerprint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The expert lifted a clear fingerprint from the weapon, which provided a crucial lead in the investigation.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove or end a ban, restriction, or prohibition that was previously imposed
Transitive: to lift a restriction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of negotiations, the trade partners agreed to lift the tariffs on imported goods.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇ āĻļ⧁āĻ˛ā§āĻ• āωāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of atmospheric elements such as clouds or fog) to move in an upward or away direction
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the strengthening wind, the dense clouds started to lift, allowing patches of blue sky to emerge.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϘāύ āĻŽā§‡āϘāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āύ⧀āϞ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to redirect the hounds to a new target or trail in hunting
Transitive: to lift hounds
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After losing the scent of the deer, the tracker made the decision to lift the dogs and lead them to a nearby game trail.
āĻšāϰāĻŋāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāϟāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to dig up plants or root vegetables from the soil
Transitive: to lift plants or vegetables
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She carefully lifted the carrots from the garden, taking care not to damage the tender roots.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāϜāϰ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϕ⧋āĻŽāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to transport people, goods, or cargo by air, typically in an aircraft
Transitive: to lift sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airline company lifted passengers from New York to Paris on a daily basis.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāχāύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāωāχāϝāĻŧāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take someone else's work, ideas, or passages and use them as one's own without proper acknowledgment or permission
Transitive: to lift someone else's work or ideas
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The journalist faced backlash after it was revealed that he had lifted quotes from a competitor's interview.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧ⧃āϤāĻŋ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fulfill or settle an obligation or mortgage by making a payment
Transitive: to lift an obligation or mortgage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were able to lift the mortgage on their house by selling it at a good price.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ• āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ

a box-like device that goes up and down and is used to get to the different floors of a building
Dialectbritish flagBritish
elevatoramerican flagAmerican
lift definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They took the lift to the 10th floor for their meeting.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ 10 āϤāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϟ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ

the act of giving temporary assistance
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ

the act of raising something
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āĻĢ⧇āϏ āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāĻŽāĻŋ

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž

a ride in a vehicle that takes someone from one place to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We caught a lift with our friend to the concert.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϟ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāĻ•

transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
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āϤāϞāĻŋ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ

one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
08

āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āϜ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āϞāĻŋāĻĢāϟ

a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
09

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ

the event of something being raised upward
10

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸ⧇āω āϝāĻž āϜāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϝāĻž āϜāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϕ⧇ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇

a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

lifted
lifter
uplift
lift
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ