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• lift — I n. device for raising and lowering people and freight (BE; AE has elevator) 1) to operate a lift (a liftboy or liftman operates a lift) 2) to take a lift (we took the lift to the tenth floor) 3) a service lift (see also elevator1 6) conveyor… …   Combinatory dictionary

• lift-net — 1) a net of various size and form laid on the water bottom or suspended, sometimes baited or lighted, and lifted out of the water when fish swim over it. Some are hand operated, others suspended from as many as four boats or from cantilever… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• ski lift — noun a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill • Syn: ↑ski tow, ↑lift • Derivationally related forms: ↑lift (for: ↑lift) • Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoyer lift — A Hoyer lift is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and those receiving home health care to be transferred between a bed and a chair or other similar resting places, using hydraulic power. Hoyer lifts are used… …   Wikipedia

• Vertical lift bridge — BridgeTypePix image title= type name=Vertical lift bridge|sibling names=Bascule bridge, swing bridge, folding bridge, retractable bridge descendent names=Submersible bridge, table bridge ancestor names=Truss bridge, carries=Automobile,… …   Wikipedia

• chair lift — noun a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable • Syn: ↑chairlift • Hypernyms: ↑ski tow, ↑ski lift, ↑lift * * * noun : a power driven conveyor… …   Useful english dictionary

• Orographic lift — A gravity wave cloud pattern analogous to a ship wake in the downwind zone behind the Île Amsterdam, in the far southern Indian Ocean. The island generates wave motion in the wind passing over it, creating regularly spaced orographic clouds. The… …   Wikipedia

• ski lift — /ˈski lɪft/ (say skee lift) noun a device for carrying skiers up a slope, typically consisting of chairs suspended from an endless cable; cable lift …  

• T-bar lift — /ˈti ba lɪft/ (say tee bah lift) noun a ski lift consisting of metal or wooden T bars, suspended from the towing cable, which skiers straddle to be towed uphill …  

• ski lift — ski′ lift n. spo a device that carries skiers up a slope, consisting typically of chairs or bars suspended from a motor driven cable • Etymology: 1935–40 …   From formal English to slang

• j-bar lift — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or j bar ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Usage: capitalized J : a ski tow consisting of an overhead moving cable carrying a series of suspended bars of J shape on the base of which skiers may half sit and half lean while being pulled uphill * * * /jay …   Useful english dictionary