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.
Definition of lift. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a : to raise from a lower to a higher position : elevateb : to raise in rank or conditionc : to raise in rate or amount. 3  2 : to put an end to (a blockade or siege) by withdrawing or causing the withdrawal of investing forces. 4  3 : revoke, rescind lift an embargo.