sollevare — meaning in English

English meaning

• heft noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
• hoist verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
• raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

sollevare is used for these senses in English:

• bring up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring,‎ up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
• heft To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).
• hoist (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
• hold up (transitive) To support or lift.
• jack up To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
• pick up (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
• rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
• stand up (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.

heft — full definition

1. noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
2. noun The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
3. noun Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
4. noun Importance, influence; weight.

hoist — full definition

1. verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
2. verb Informal: to steal.
3. noun A device used for lifting heavy loads.

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