pēgma — meaning in English

English meaning

• bookcase noun A piece of furniture with shelves for holding and displaying books.
• lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
• scaffold noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.

Senses

pēgma is used for these senses in English:

• bookcase A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
• lift (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
• scaffold A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

lift — full definition

1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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