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Active continental rift zone in East Africa
The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset
East_African_Rift
Part of a volcano where a set of linear cracks form
A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially shield volcanoes, in which a set of linear cracks (or rifts) develops in a volcanic edifice, typically
Rift_zone
Part of the Amur-Eurasian tectonic boundary
The Baikal Rift Zone is a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia. Current strain in the rifts tends to be extending
Baikal_Rift_Zone
Geological linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are a
Rift
a propagating rift origin from the eastern volcanic zone (EVZ) is proposed with the western volcanic zone (WVZ) being the receding rift. The northern
Geological deformation of Iceland
Geological_deformation_of_Iceland
Lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone
A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental
Rift_lake
Major seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States
Wabash Valley seismic zone. The faults responsible for the NMSZ are embedded in a subsurface geological feature known as the Reelfoot Rift, which likely formed
New_Madrid_seismic_zone
Continuous geographic trench from Asia to Southeast Africa
The Great Rift Valley (GRV) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 6,500 kilometres (4,000 mi) in total length, which, in its
Great_Rift_Valley
Continental rift zone in the southwest United States
The Rio Grande rift is a north-trending continental rift zone. It separates the Colorado Plateau in the west from the interior of the North American craton
Rio_Grande_rift
Active volcano in Hawaii
a large, fairly recently formed caldera at its summit and two active rift zones, one extending 125 km (78 mi) east and the other 35 km (22 mi) west. An
Kīlauea
Northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise
The Gulf of California Rift Zone (GCRZ) is the northernmost extension of the East Pacific Rise which extends some 1,300 km (800 mi) from the mouth of
Gulf_of_California_Rift_Zone
Oceanic rift between the African and Arabian plates
spreading. The rift may be intersected by a shear or fracture zone, which act as locked zones and prevent further propagation. Zones of compression may
Red_Sea_Rift
Failed arm of a triple junction, an inactive rift zone
and rearranged on the Earth’s surface. Rift zones are places where new crust is formed. An aulacogen is a rift zone that is no longer active. The term aulacogen
Aulacogen
Volcano in Hawaii, United States
Loa's rift zones, suggesting magma intrusions into the deeper parts and occasional dike injections into the shallower parts of the rift zone drive rift activity;
Mauna_Loa
Linear lowland created by a tectonic rift or fault
African Rift, Rio Grande rift and the Baikal Rift Zone, which are currently active, as well as a fourth which may be, the West Antarctic Rift System.
Rift_valley
Geology of a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
volcanic activity is rift volcanism; it started about 158,000 years ago. This rift volcanism occurs at a Y-shaped volcanic rift zone system with west-north-west
Geology_of_the_Canary_Islands
Volcanic eruption on Hawaiʻi Island
a volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone that began on May 3, 2018. It is related to the larger eruption of Kīlauea
2018_lower_Puna_eruption
Volcanic cone in the Hawaiian Islands
pronounced [ˈpuʔu ˈʔoːʔoː], poo-oo-OH-oh) is a volcanic cone on the eastern rift zone of Kīlauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. The eruption that created
Puʻu_ʻŌʻō
Active submarine volcano southeast of Hawaii
three pit craters, a 7 mi (11 km) long rift zone extending north from the summit, and a 12 mi (19 km) long rift zone extending south-southeast from the summit
Kamaʻehuakanaloa_Seamount
Massive shield volcano in Hawaii
the east. The east rift zone continues under the ocean beyond the east coast of Maui as Haleakalā Ridge, making the combined rift zones one of the longest
Haleakalā
Ancient geological rift
The Gulf of Suez Rift is a continental rift zone that was active between the Late Oligocene (c. 28 Ma) and the end of the Miocene (c. 5 Ma). It represented
Gulf_of_Suez_Rift
Hawaiian volcano
volcanoes due to construction of cinder cones, decentralization of its rift zones, glaciation on its peak, and weathering by the prevailing trade winds
Mauna_Kea
Lakes at least one million years old
lakes continue to persist due to plate tectonics in an active rift zone. This active rift zone creates lakes that are extremely deep and difficult to naturally
Ancient_lake
Active volcanoes in Southern California
and the Gulf of California have formed an active rift zone south of the San Andreas Fault. In a rift zone, seafloor spreading is underway, accompanied by
Salton_Buttes
River in the Korean peninsula
the ground in the canyon caused by volcanic activity in the Chugaryeong Rift Zone [ko] include porphyritic metamorphic gneiss, Proterozoic Yeoncheon metamorphic
Hantan_River
2022 volcano eruption in Hawaiʻi
summit to the Northeast Rift Zone with fissures feeding new lava flows. Three fissures initially erupted on the Northeast Rift Zone, with only the lowest
2022_eruption_of_Mauna_Loa
Volcanic crater in Hawaii
Koko Crater, Hanauma Bay, and other nearby tuff cones form the Koko Rift Zone, which marks the latest episode of volcanic activity on the island of
Koko_Crater
Largest island in Hawaii
result of crustal dilation from magmatic intrusions into the southwest rift zone of Kīlauea. While neither the earthquake of 1868 nor that of 1975 caused
Hawaiʻi_(island)
Date Region M MMI Deaths Injuries Comments 2018-05-04 Hawaii – Eastern rift zone 6.9 Mw VIII Moderate damage 2006-10-15 Hawaii – Western 6.7 Mw VIII Several
List_of_earthquakes_in_Hawaii
Submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean
understood. Axial Seamount is set on a long, low-lying plateau, with two large rift zones trending 50 km (31 mi) to the northeast and southwest of its center. The
Axial_Seamount
fracture zone Cook fracture zone Hunter fracture zone North Fiji fracture zone Victoria fracture zone Central fracture zone Parece Vela Rift (Parece Vela
List_of_fracture_zones
Large tectonic plate including most of North America, Greenland and part of Siberia
is complex. The gulf is underlain by the Gulf of California Rift Zone, a series of rift basins and transform fault segments from the northern end of
North_American_plate
Molten lava contained in a volcanic crater
east rift zone of the volcano. In May 2018, both of these lava lakes disappeared as a result of increased activity in Kīlauea's east rift zone. The lava
Lava_lake
District of Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii
devastating 2018 lower Puna eruption, as Puna is located on a volcanic rift zone of Kilauea Volcano. Kalama's map of 1837 shows that Puna was a Moku (traditional
Puna,_Hawaii
Sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body
structures of the NE rift of Tenerife, Canary Islands: a record of stabilisation and destabilisation of ocean island rift zones". Bulletin of Volcanology
Dike_(geology)
Geological feature in China
The Shanxi Rift System or Fen–Wei Rift System is a zone of active extensional tectonics that forms the eastern margin of the Ordos Block in northern China
Shanxi_Rift_System
Active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands
a shield-stage Hualālai has been found just offshore of its northwest rift zone. Tholeiitic basalt, indicative of the submarine subphase of the volcano's
Hualālai
Group of lakes in the East African Rift
Lake Tanganyika have formed in the various valleys of the East African Rift zone. Lake Kivu's "still waters ... hide another face: dissolved within are
Rift_Valley_lakes
Volcanic event
lateral and fissure eruptions. Notably, many Hawaiian eruptions start from rift zones. Scientists believed that pulses of magma mixed together in the magma
Volcanic_eruption
Sag pong on the San Andreas Fault in Palmdale, California
Angeles County, California. It is in Antelope Valley, in the San Andreas Rift Zone at an elevation of 2,815 feet/858 meters. Una Lake was originally much
Una_Lake_(California)
Linear feature between two tectonic plates
polar reversals. Mid-Atlantic Ridge Red Sea Rift Baikal Rift Zone – incipient plate boundary East African Rift – incipient plate boundary East Pacific Rise
Divergent_boundary
Hierarchical outline list of articles related to plate tectonics
triple junction, an inactive rift zone Back-arc basin – Submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones Bimodal volcanism – Eruption
Outline_of_plate_tectonics
Former community on the island of Hawaii
the easternmost subaerial end of the graben overlying Kīlauea's east rift zone. Originally destroyed by an eruption of Kīlauea in 1960, it was rebuilt
Kapoho,_Hawaii
American volcanologist
Flow Morphologies and Structural Features Along the Axis of the South Rift Zone of Loihi Seamount, Hawaii. Phoenix later enrolled in a PhD program with
Jess_Phoenix
American poet
In 2020, Taylor published Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange and Rift Zone. Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange was published by the Museum of
Tess_Taylor
Continental rift valley in New Zealand
Taupō Rift is the seismically active rift valley containing the Taupō Volcanic Zone, central North Island of New Zealand. The Taupō Rift (Taupo Rift) is
Taupō_Rift
1693 earthquake in Sicily, Italy
Most damaging earthquakes however, occur on the Siculo-Calabrian rift zone. This zone of extensional faulting runs for about 370 kilometres (230 mi), forming
1693_Sicily_earthquake
Baikal rift zone is an extension zone. The Baikal rift zone is an extension zone separating the Siberian platform from the Sayan Baikal range. This zone is
Geology_of_Russia
Stratovolcanic complex
this region, as does a rift zone characterized by abundant scoria cones extending to the southeast from the caldera. This rift zone is uncharacteristically
Sete_Cidades_Massif
Volcano in Hawaii
the rift zone, which was weakened by the collapse. As the dikes forced their way up, they formed fractures and faults parallel to the rift zone. The
Kohala_(mountain)
Peninsula on the Pacific coast of Mexico
oblique rifts or ridge segments connected by long northwest trending transform faults, which together comprise the Gulf of California Rift Zone. The north
Baja_California_peninsula
Eruption of Kīlauea, Hawaii
as well as parasitic cones and fissures along the East and Southwest rift zones. They are generally fluid (VEI-0) Hawaiian eruptions, but more violent
List_of_Kīlauea_eruptions
Hazardous volcanic areas
topography. Zone 1 - Includes summits and rift zones of Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, where vents have been repeatedly active in historical time. Zone 2 -
Lava-flow_hazard_zones
Active volcanic zone in New Zealand
for four million years. The zone is contained within the tectonic intra-arc continental Taupō Rift and this rift volcanic zone is widening unevenly east–west
Taupō_Volcanic_Zone
2021 virtual Ariana Grande concert event
course of the weekend, each tailored to a different time zone. "Ariana Grande Headlines Fortnite's Rift Tour!". www.epicgames.com. Retrieved 2023-03-04. Webster
Rift_Tour
Rift zone on Venus
rift zone on Venus, with a length of 4000 km, a width of 150–250 km, and a depth reaching 5 km. Most of the faults are facing north–south. The rift is
Devana_Chasma
Pit crater in the summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii
crater on Kīlauea's east rift zone collapsed. Several days later, lava began to emerge from fissures on the lower east rift zone in Leilani Estates. On
Halemaʻumaʻu
Earthquake that occurs under a body of water, especially an ocean
the severity of the damage is not often caused by the earthquake at the rift zone, but rather by events which are triggered by the earthquake. Where a continental
Submarine_earthquake
Subsided section of the Big Island of Hawaii
of the caldera turns east and west to form the Southwest Rift Zone (SWRZ) and East Rift Zone (ERZ), both parallel to the shore, and also in the cliffs
Hilina_Slump
Active volcano in Iceland
in the Svartsengi volcanic system, part of the Reykjanes Peninsula rift zone of Iceland. It is the location of the 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions.
Sundhnúkur
Tectonic plate underlying Africa
sediment. The African plate is rifting in the eastern interior of the African continent along the East African Rift. This rift zone separates the African plate
African_plate
Effusive volcanic eruption
Iceland, though it can occur near subduction zones (e.g. Medicine Lake Volcano in California) and rift zones. Hawaiian eruptions may occur along fissure
Hawaiian_eruption
The Koaʻe Fault Zone or Koaʻe Fault System is a series of fault scarps connecting the East and Southwest Rift Zones on Kīlauea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi
Koaʻe_Fault_Zone
Low-profile volcano usually formed almost entirely of fluid lava flows
average slope angle of 9.4° and an average volume of 1.7 km3 (0.4 cu mi). Rift zones are a prevalent feature on shield volcanoes that is rare on other volcanic
Shield_volcano
Submarine volcano in Tonga
Mata volcano. The rift zones on the flanks consist of stair-like lava platforms piled on each other. The east-northeast rift zone curves towards the
West_Mata
Offshore oil field in Vietnam
basement rocks. The Cuu Long basin is a rift zone developed during the Oligocene to Early Miocene. The rift occurred in Jurassic to Late Cretaceous granite
Bạch_Hổ_oil_field
Topics referred to by the same term
of the city of Warsaw; see Wars and Sawa West Antarctic Rift System (WARS), a tectonic rift zone All pages with titles containing wars War (disambiguation)
Wars_(disambiguation)
These eruptions have taken place from the main caldera and fissures along rift zones. They are generally fluid (VEI-0) Hawaiian eruptions but more violent
List_of_Mauna_Loa_eruptions
Geological plate boundary
Terceira Rift is named for Terceira Island through which it passes. It crosses Terceira Island as a prominent ESE–WNW fissure zone. The Terceira Rift is 550 km
Terceira_Rift
activity. It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.[clarification needed] Lists of earthquakes Tectonics Yeats, R. (2012),
List_of_fault_zones
Geographic region in the Levant
that the fault zone is a rift system that is an incipient oceanic spreading center, the northern extension of the Red Sea Rift. The rift valley was struck
Jordan_Rift_Valley
5 earthquakes in southern Italy
areas of active crustal extension within the Siculo-Calabrian rift Zone. This 350 km long zone developed within the Apennine chain during the Pleistocene
1783_Calabrian_earthquakes
Shield volcano in Oregon, United States
Lava Top Butte basalt. About 7,000 years ago, at Newberry's Northwest Rift Zone, lava fountains erupted from a fissure with a length of 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Newberry_Volcano
Bay in Maui County, United States
Haleakalā Southwest Rift Zone. A small string of cinder cones extending inland to the northeast marks the axis of the rift zone. Keoneʻōʻio lies directly
La_Perouse_Bay
Municipality in Canary Islands, Spain
Tenerife in 1496. On 5 May 1706, the eruption originating from the northwest rift zone of the Trevejo volcano was a major event in the town's history. Before
Garachico
Lake in San Bernardino County, California
located in San Bernardino County, California. It is in the San Andreas Rift Zone at an elevation of 2,782 feet (848 m). The lake is located in a day-use
Lost Lake (San Bernardino County, California)
Lost_Lake_(San_Bernardino_County,_California)
United States national park in American Samoa
breccia. The volcanoes emerged from the intrusion of basaltic dikes from a rift zone on the ocean floor during the Pliocene Epoch, and were heavily eroded
National Park of American Samoa
National_Park_of_American_Samoa
Largest high-altitude bog in the Hawaiian Islands in the United States
the largest in the Hawaiian Islands. It is located on Haleakala's east rift zone, at the border between Hāna Forest Reserve and Haleakalā National Park
Big_Bog,_Maui
Volcanic eruption in Hawaii
volcano's northeast and southwest rift zones. After only 6 hours, activity in Moku‘āweoweo and on the southwest rift zone ended, but lava fountaining continued
1975_eruption_of_Mauna_Loa
Desert in Hawaii
The desert covers an area of the Kīlauea Volcano along the Southwest rift zone. The area lacks any vegetation, mainly due to acid rainfall. Kaʻū desert
Kaʻū_Desert
Western region of Asia
Walter, William R. (1 December 1998). "Region #4 — Red Sea Continental Rift Zone" (PDF). Preliminary Definition of Geophysical Regions for the Middle East
West_Asia
Possible future supercontinent
replace them both. Duarte and colleagues hypothesize that a new rift (the Baikal Rift Zone) will develop in central Eurasia through Lake Baikal due to the
Aurica_(supercontinent)
Volcanic cone in Hawaii, USA
Maunaulu, also known as Mauna Ulu, is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the Kīlauea volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. It falls within the bounds
Maunaulu
Town in Hawaii, United States
subdivisions. The lava flow that destroyed Kalapana erupted from the southeast rift zone of Kīlauea. Along with the destruction of Kalapana were those of the nearby
Kalapana,_Hawaii
the rift zone. The fundamental architectural element in many extensional basins is the half-graben, formed within the hanging walls of major rift-bounding
Northern_North_Sea_basin
North American geological structure
The Canadian Arctic Rift System is a major North American geological structure extending from the Labrador Sea in the southeast through Davis Strait, Baffin
Canadian_Arctic_Rift_System
Second planet from the Sun
in the form of four transient localized infrared hot spots within the rift zone Ganis Chasma, near the shield volcano Maat Mons. Three of the spots were
Venus
Ridge on the floor of the Pacific Ocean
referred to as the Gulf of California Rift Zone. In this area, newly formed oceanic crust is intermingled with rifted continental crust originating from
East_Pacific_Rise
Geological feature in Italy
The Siculo-Calabrian rift is a zone of active extensional tectonics running about 200 km from northern Calabria to near Syracuse in Sicily. It is formed
Siculo-Calabrian_rift
Terra on Venus
to highlands. The broad region of Lada Terra contains massive coronae, rift zones, and volcanic plains as well as many other features that scientists use
Lada_Terra
Depressed block of planetary crust bordered by parallel normal faults
Valley, central India lower Godavari River Valley, southern India Baikal Rift Zone, Siberia, Russia Moma Graben, Sakha Republic, Russia Büyük Menderes Graben
Graben
1823 earthquake on the Island of Hawaii
The 1823 Hawaii earthquake occurred on the lower Southwest rift zone of Kīlauea on Hawaii Island in the Kingdom of Hawaii. It occurred on June 1, 1823
1823_Hawaii_earthquake
Tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean
November 2024. Paul J. Grim, "Connection of the Panama fracture zone with the Galápagos rift zone, eastern tropical Pacific". The volcanic arc Martin Meschede
Cocos_plate
Geothermal power plant in Hawaii
from six production wells and five injection wells along Kīlauea’s East rift zone. Its output is sold to Hawaiian Electric Industries (also known as HELCO)
Puna_Geothermal_Venture
Large blocks of rock created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust
from rifting, an indicator of extensional tectonics. These can be small or form extensive rift valley systems, such as the East African Rift zone. Death
Fault_block
Place
flow that destroyed Kaimū and nearby Kalapana erupted from the southeast rift zone of Kīlauea. Kaimū was located on Kaimū Bay. The bay was world-famous for
Kaimū,_Hawaii
Depression formed by collapse of the surface into a void
was coined by C. Wilkes in 1845 to describe craters along Hawaii's East Rift Zone. Hawaii is known for its volcanoes and pit craters. In 1868, an eyewitness
Pit_crater
Kolbeinsey Ridge. Rifting in the southern part of Iceland is focused in two main parallel rift zones. The Reykjanes Peninsula Rift in SW Iceland is the
Geology_of_Iceland
Volcano in La Palma, Spain
evolution of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands: volcanic rift zone re-configuration as a precursor to flank instability". J. Volcanol. Geotherm
Cumbre_Vieja
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
interacted with both the cracks and down-dropped blocks within the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano and a natural valley that leveled away from Ka'ohe
Pāhoa,_Hawaii
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gift
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Happiness; Prosperity
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Gift from Allah; Gift
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Greek, Polish, Russian
Divine Gift; Gift Form God; God's Gift
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Hindu, Muslim
Gift; Gift of God
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gift
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Gift of God; Gift
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gift
Girl/Female
Muslim
Happiness, Prosperity
Girl/Female
Danish, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Tradition
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Irish, Jamaican, Latin
God's Gift; Divine Gift; Gift of God
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
High Standing; Dignity; Exaltation; Eminence; Development
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly from the vocabulary word gift used as a personal name, in the sense ‘gift of God’, with reference to a child. Compare Theodore. However, the name is most common in Cornwall and may be of Cornish origin.German : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Gods Gift; Good Gift
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Latin, Portuguese, Swedish
Gift of God; Gift
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Happy
Boy/Male
Indian
Altitude, Height, High, Development
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : variant of Taft. Compare Toft.
Girl/Female
Ghana, Indian
Gift
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Dignity; Exaltation; High Standing
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Worth
Boy/Male
Indian
God Krishna
Boy/Male
Tamil
God of victory, Winner
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French
Fairy Queen
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Waterfall
Boy/Male
Bengali, French, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Hanuman; Son of Wind
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Exalted; On High
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Baldrik (see Baldree). In the British Isles, the name now occurs chiefly in northeastern England.Possibly an altered spelling of the cognate German name Baldrich.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vaasanthi | வாஸநà¯à®¤à¯€
Spring Goddess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Northern Irish : unexplained; it could perhaps be from Gaelic tanaidh ‘thin’.
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
RIFT ZONE
v. i.
To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
n.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
v. t.
To spend or pass in riot.
v. t.
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
v. t.
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
v. t.
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
imp. & p. p.
of Rift
v. t.
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
n.
A chink; a rift. See Rift.
n.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rift
n.
Gift.
v. t.
Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.
a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.
n.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
v. t.
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
n.
Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
v. i.
To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
v. t.
To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
v. t.
The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.