LIFTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lifted mean? 

• LIFTED (adjective)
  The adjective LIFTED has 1 sense:

1. held up in the air

  Familiarity information: LIFTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIFTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Held up in the air

Synonyms:

lifted; upraised

Context example:

her upraised flag

Similar:

raised (located or moved above the surround or above the normal position)

 Context examples 

Her eyes lifted curiously to mine.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At last, overcome by her persistent entreaties that he would take something, he lifted the glass and drank again.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

As he grew stronger, he found himself compelled to play alone, for the sister no longer lifted her head nor moved about.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

With a blissful sense of burdens lifted off, Meg and Jo closed their weary eyes, and lay at rest, like storm-beaten boats safe at anchor in a quiet harbor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This water squirted out from under his feet at every step, and each time he lifted a foot the action culminated in a sucking sound as the wet moss reluctantly released its grip.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A belt of fog had lifted almost simultaneously with the appearance of the moon.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Lord Godalming smiled, and the man lifted a good-sized bunch of keys; selecting one of them, he began to probe the lock, as if feeling his way with it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When the throbbing I had seen before, came into it as I looked at her, she absolutely lifted up her hand, and struck it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A tower starts at the planet's surface as an area of rapidly lifted dust about as wide as the state of Rhode Island.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

Elizabeth lifted up her eyes in amazement, but was too much oppressed to make any reply.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)