Life-preserver
Life″–pre‐serv′er (līf″prē̍‐zẽrv′ẽr), n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the wat...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Life-saving
Life″–sav′ing (–sāv′ĭng), a. That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
Life-size
Life″–size′ (–sīz′), a. Of full size; of the natural size.
Life-weary
Life″–wea′ry (–wē′ry̆), a. Weary of living. Shak.
Lifeblood
Life″blood′ (līf″blŭd′), n. 1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden.2. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.Money the lifeblood of the nation. Swift.
Lifeboat
Life″boat′ (–bōt′), n. A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
Lifeful
Life″ful (–fụl), a. Full of vitality. Spenser.
Lifehold
Life″hold′ (–hōld′), n. Land held by a life estate.
Lifeless
Life″less, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a ...
Lifelike
Life″like′ (līf″līk′), a. [Cf. Lively.] Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. — Life″like′ness, n.Poe.
Lifelong
Life″long′ (–lŏng′), a. [Life + long. Cf. Livelong.] Lasting or continuing through life. Tennyson.
Lifely
Life″ly, adv. [Cf. Lively, a.] In a lifelike manner. Chaucer.
Lifemate
Life″mate′ (–māt′), n. Companion for life. Hawthorne.
Lifen
Lif″en (līf″'n), v. t. To enliven. Marston.
Lifesome
Life″some (–sŭm), a. Animated; sprightly. Coleridge. — Life″some‐ness, n.
Lifespring
Life″spring′ (–sprĭng′), n. Spring or source of life.
Lifestring
Life″string′ (–strĭng′), n. A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel.
Lifetime
Life″time′ (–tīm′), n. The time that life continues.
Liflode
Lif″lode (līf″lōd), n. Livelihood. Chaucer.
Lift
Lift (lĭft), n. [AS. lyft air. See Loft.] The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
Lift (2)
Lift (lĭft), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n.Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G. lüften; — prop., to raise into the air. Se...
Lift (3)
Lift (lĭft), v. i. 1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. Locke.2. To rise; to become or appear ra...
Lift (4)
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, ...
Liftable
Lift″a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. Such as can be lifted.
Lifter
Lift″er (–ẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, lifts.2. (Founding) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together w...
Lifting
Lift″ing, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. — Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. — Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. — Lifting pump. (Ma...
Lig
Lig (lĭg), v. i. [See Lie to be prostrate.] To recline; to lie still. Chaucer. Spenser.