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  1. lifts

    Ropes which reach from each mast-head to their respective yard-arms to steady and suspend the ends. Their use is to keep the yard in equilibrium, or to raise one of its extremities higher than the other if necessary, but particularly to support the weight when a number of men are employed on it, furling or reefing the sail. The yards are said to be squared by the lifts when they hang at right angles with the masts.--Topping-lifts. (See TOPPING-LIFTS.)

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  1. flist

  2. flits

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lifts in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lifts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lifts in a Sentence

  1. Steven Weinberg:

    The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

  2. Christian Leffler:

    This lifts a cloud that has been hanging over the region ... for a long time (and) opens new possibilities, the two processes complement each other and we very much welcome the step of the United States away from confrontation.

  3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

    A rising tide lifts all boats.

  4. John Ing:

    The golds had bottomed this month, looking ahead into next year, when the oil bubble has burst, the iron ore bubble has burst, the Dow is at 18,000 and there is some talk that the stock market bubble will burst, and when that happens, of course, gold lifts.

  5. Anzia Yezierska:

    When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.

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