In 480 B.C., the new Persian king sent a massive army across the Hellespont to Thermopylae, where 60,000 Persian troops defeated 5,000 Greeks. The year after that, however, the Greeks defeated the Persians for good at the battle of Salamis.
1. (Weightlifting) the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise.
Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: lift(noun) the act of giving temporary assistance. aerodynamic lift, lift(noun) the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. elevation, lift, raising(noun) the event of something being raised upward.