verb
1 to arrest; to take into custody
2 to take up out of the ground
3 to mention
4 to take someone up to dance
5 to pick up stitches in knitting
6 NORTH-EASTERN to get up and move off
7 to collect and carry away
8 to gather up
9 to withdraw money from a bank
10 to serve
11 to lift an lay to pick things up and put them down again
12 to lift yer lines to stop being a member of a church
noun
1 act of lifting
2 help; encouragement
‣ to gie a lift tae / to lend a lift tae to give a helping hand to; to encourage
3 rising swell in the sea
4 load; burden
5 large amount
6 theft
7 stolen goods