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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A weightlifter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting
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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A tappet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A spatula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
A thief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: abstractor, appropriator, bagger, booster, borrower, cribber, faker, filcher, flogger, heister, larcener, larcenist, liberator, lifter, misappropriator, nicker, pincher, purloiner, snitch, stealer, tea leaf, thief, thiever
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noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
An ionocraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
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noun
a thief who steals goods that are in a store
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: booster, shoplifter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
noun
an athlete who lifts barbells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weightlifter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: athlete, jock
History
Etymology tree English lift Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lifter From lift + -er.
From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
