°To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
°To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
noun
°An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
°An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.