levantar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
- stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
- uphold verb To support or maintain something, such as a law, principle, or standard.
Senses
levantar 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.
- cast off (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- elevate (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
- jack (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
- kick up (transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.
- lift (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- pull up (transitive, intransitive) To lift upwards or vertically.
elevate — full definition
- verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
- verb To raise someone's rank, status, or the quality of something.
jack — full definition
- noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
- noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
- noun Informal: money.
- verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.