2. Verb. (third-person singular of lift) ¹
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Definition of Lifts
1. lift [v] - See also: lift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifts
Literary usage of Lifts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"lifts are constructed either for raising passengers in buildings or for heavier
loads, ... In lifts or elevators, the working force is either hand, steam, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1869)
"The following are the lifts most generally employed:— Vertical lifts by means of
Steam Power. ||—The apparatus consists of a cage moving between vertical ..."
3. Hydraulics and Its Applications by Arnold Hartley Gibson (1919)
"CHAPTER XXI Hydraulic Appliances—lifts and Hoists—The Hydraulic ... HYDRAULIC lifts
AND HOISTS. PROBABLY in the aggregate more power is used by lifts and ..."
4. Hydraulics and Its Applications by Arnold Hartley Gibson (1908)
"Hydraulic- Appliances—lifts and Hoists—The Hydraulic Jigger—Cranes—The ...
power is used by lifts and hoists than by any other class of hydraulic machinery, ..."
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