Lift

What “Lift” means

Verb

1. To raise or rise.
2. To raise or rise.
3. To steal.
4. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
5. To arrest (a person).

Noun

1. An act of lifting or raising.
2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
3. A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
4. A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.
5. An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.

Noun

1. Air.
2. The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport". (To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)). But perhaps simply from the idea of removing an item from a surface.

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”). Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). Doublet of loft and luft.

Business name ideas with “Lift”

Industries where “Lift” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Gym
• Lash Studio