Lift, n. 1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long
lift. Bacon.
3. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
[Colloq.]
The goat gives the fox a lift.
L'Estrange.
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a)
A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) A handle. (c) An
exercising machine.