Synonyms: lever, raise, elevate, heave, hoist, heave up
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /lɪft/ |
| Hyphenation | lift |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑤𐑦𐑓𐑑 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) lift | (I) lifted |
| (thou) liftest | (thou) liftedst |
| (he) lifts, lifteth | (he) lifted |
| (we) lift | (we) lifted |
| (you) lift | (you) lifted |
| (they) lift | (they) lifted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) lift | (I) lifted |
| (thou) lift | (thou) lifted |
| (he) lift | (he) lifted |
| (we) lift | (we) lifted |
| (you) lift | (you) lifted |
| (they) lift | (they) lifted |
| Imperative mood | |
| lift | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| lifting | lifted |
| Afrikaans | optel; hef |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aixecar; elevar |
| Danish | løfte |
| Dutch | beuren; heffen; tillen; opheffen; opnemen; optillen; oplichten; lichten; omhoogheffen |
| Esperanto | levi |
| Faeroese | lyfta; hevja; reisa |
| Finnish | nostaa |
| French | lever; soulever; élever |
| German | heben; aufheben |
| Greek (Classical Greek) | αἴρω |
| Icelandic | hefja; lyfta; reisa |
| Italian | alzare |
| Latin | levare |
| Papiamento | hisa; subi |
| Portuguese | elevar; erguer; suspender |
| Saterland Frisian | lichte; beere; stämme; hieuwje; aplichte; riskje; aphieuwje; aptille |
| Scottish Gaelic | tog |
| Spanish | alzar; levantar |
| Swedish | hissa; upphisa; upphäva; upphöja |
| West Frisian | tille |