"Lyft" meaning in English

See Lyft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Lyfts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lyft (plural Lyfts)
  1. A car ride requested using the mobile application Lyft.
    Sense id: en-Lyft-en-noun-Gd-8shal Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 6 39 9 8
  2. The vehicle used for the ride.
    Sense id: en-Lyft-en-noun-bbcjvhZg
  3. One's passenger or driver on Lyft. Derived forms: Luber
    Sense id: en-Lyft-en-noun-S5itulo1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 5 44 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 6 39 9 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 4 54 5 4

Verb

Forms: Lyfts [present, singular, third-person], Lyfting [participle, present], Lyfted [participle, past], Lyfted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Lyft (third-person singular simple present Lyfts, present participle Lyfting, simple past and past participle Lyfted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To travel by means of the Lyft mobile app-based ridesharing service. Tags: intransitive, transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-Lyft-en-verb-BflGWfk2
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) To work or be employed as a driver for Lyft. Tags: intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-Lyft-en-verb-WBmas34a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Uber

Inflected forms

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