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1 elevator
1) ((especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor: There is no elevator in this shop - you will have to climb the stairs.) výťah2) (a tall storehouse for grain.) sýpka, silo* * *• výtah• výškové kormidlo• zdvíhac• sýpka• elevátor• dopravník -
2 lift
[lift] 1. verb1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) zdvihnúť2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) odniesť3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) dvíhať sa4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) vzlietnuť2. noun1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) zdvihnutie2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) výťah3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) zvezenie4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) povzbudenie•- lift off* * *• vydvihnút (sa)• vykopat• výtah• vzdúvat sa• vydvihnút• vyberat• zdvihnút (sa)• zdvihnút• zdvihnutie• zdvih• dvíhat do výšky• dvíhanie• dvíhat (sa)• dvíhat• rozplývat sa• rozptylovat sa• povzniest (sa)• kradnút• odcudzit
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elevator — noun (AmE) ⇨ See also ↑lift ADJECTIVE ▪ glass ▪ express, high speed ▪ creaky ▪ We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor … Collocations dictionary
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elevator — 1640s, originally of muscles, from L. elevator, agent noun from pp. stem of elevare (see ELEVATE (Cf. elevate)). As a name for a mechanical lift (originally for grain) attested from 1787. Elevator music is attested by 1963. Elevator as a lift for … Etymology dictionary
elevator boy — noun a man employed to operate an elevator in England they call an elevator man a liftman • Syn: ↑elevator man, ↑liftman • Hypernyms: ↑elevator operator … Useful english dictionary
elevator man — noun a man employed to operate an elevator in England they call an elevator man a liftman • Syn: ↑elevator boy, ↑liftman • Hypernyms: ↑elevator operator … Useful english dictionary
elevator operator — noun an operator of an elevator • Hypernyms: ↑operator, ↑manipulator • Hyponyms: ↑elevator girl, ↑elevator man, ↑elevator boy, ↑liftman … Useful english dictionary
elevator — UK US /ˈelɪveɪtər/ noun [C] ► US (UK lift) WORKPLACE a small room in a tall building which carries people or goods up and down to different levels of the building: » I took the elevator to her office on the fourteenth floor. ► a moving strip… … Financial and business terms
elevator shaft — noun a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor • Hypernyms: ↑shaft * * * elevator shaft, a vertical passageway for an elevator … Useful english dictionary
elevator authority — noun The degree of control that the elevators can exert over the pitching motion of an aircraft; related to elevator design and airspeed. The airspeed was so low that there was insufficient elevator authority to recover from the stall … Wiktionary
elevator girl — noun a girl employed to operate an elevator • Hypernyms: ↑elevator operator … Useful english dictionary
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