"lifter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪftə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lifter.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-lifter.wav Forms: lifters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ) Etymology: From lift + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lift|-er|id2=agent noun}} lift + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifter (plural lifters)
  1. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    (weightlifting) A weightlifter.
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-46CwbdhO Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Weightlifting, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 24 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 29 13 7 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 26 14 9 25 13 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting
  2. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    A tappet.
    Wikidata QID: Q1719345
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-en:Q1719345 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 38 9 6 22 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 24 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 29 13 7 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 26 14 9 25 13
  3. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    (cricket) A delivery that bounces well off the pitch.
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-Ta6qa3bN Categories (other): Cricket, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 24 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 29 13 7 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 26 14 9 25 13 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    A spatula.
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-nkXkJtLu Categories (other): Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15
  5. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    A thief.
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-iasyBgQO Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 14 7 20 16 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 10 16 10 17 29 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 24 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 29 13 7 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 26 14 9 25 13 Synonyms: abstractor [euphemistic], appropriator [euphemistic], bagger, booster, borrower [euphemistic], cribber, faker [obsolete], filcher, flogger [Australia, New-Zealand], heister, larcener, larcenist, liberator [euphemistic], lifter, misappropriator [euphemistic], nicker, pincher, purloiner, snitch, stealer, tea leaf [Cockney, slang], thief, thiever Synonyms (thief): thief Disambiguation of 'thief': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.
    An ionocraft.
    Wikidata QID: Q1145895
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-en:Q1145895 Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 24 14 7 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 29 13 7 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 22 13 12 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 26 14 9 25 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fish slice, spatula, turner Translations (someone or something that lifts): elevador [masculine] (Catalan), nostaja (english: someone) (Finnish), nostin (english: something) (Finnish), ardaitheoir [masculine] (Irish), lewar [masculine] (Polish)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: asslifter, bit lifter, cake lifter, chemise lifter, child lifter, ego lifter, foot lifter, lid-lifter, mortgage lifter, powerlifter, shirt lifter, shoplifter, sneck lifter, stain lifter, tack lifter, tacklifter, weightlifter Disambiguation of 'someone or something that lifts': 17 17 17 17 17 17

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪftə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lifter.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-lifter.wav Forms: lifters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ) Etymology: From filter with the first syllable reversed. Modelled on the derivation of cepstrum from spectrum. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifter (plural lifters)
  1. (signal processing) A filter that operates on a cepstrum.
    Sense id: en-lifter-en-noun-DZ4merAQ Categories (other): Signal processing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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