Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Lifting \Lift"ing\, a.
   Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

   {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge.

   {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5.

   {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}.

   {Lifting pump}. (Mach.)
   (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead
       of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a
       high level.
   (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump,
       or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.

   {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and
      imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines
      of river steamboats.

   {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's
      bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.