to lift
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7.5
- verb
- /lɪft/
- UK
:
sacar
- When it's time to sell the plant, the grower simply lifts the pot out of its holder pot.
From the dried grass ground, she lifts each oha and murmurs to it.
- From the dried grass ground, she lifts each oha and murmurs to it.
- Well, they created huge roots and rooted in so deeply that it was a lot of work to lift them.
Examples
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Now if I lift these sections that have been in contact with the soil, we will see some roots.
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Try lifting it... look at the roots.
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So what you can do is either you can lift your plants up and get them closer to the lights, or get some chains.
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But I lifted a lot of plastic casts out of that field.
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Each morning, except on Sundays, pound-net crews left Port Monmouth-Belford to lift their nets just before dawn.
Academic text (1990) -
To prepare the garden for spring, make sure to lift the root vegetables carefully from the soil.
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You should lift the seedlings out of their pots to transplant them into the garden bed.
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In autumn, it's important to lift the tubers of certain flowers to protect them from the frost.
Synonyms
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1.0
To gather fruit or flowers by hand
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2.0
To take something out of the ground by digging
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4.4
To pull a plant out of the ground or force people to leave home
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3.2
Remove something that is under the ground or snow using a shovel
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2.7
To take something out by picking it up, often carefully or with a tool
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4.0
Pull a plant up from the ground so it cannot grow back
To dig up roots or stumps from the ground
To dig up and remove plants or roots from the ground
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Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
Surgery that tightens the skin on the face and removes extra tissue to make someone look younger
A moving bar on a slope that pulls people up while they keep their skis or snowboard on
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
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Etymology
Lift for crops means 'take up' from the ground, just like you 'lift' a plant when you pull it out. That's why farmers say they will lift potatoes or carrots from the soil.