Counterbalance
(v. t.) To oppose with an equal weight or power |
Counterbalance
(n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another |
Counterbalance
(n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel |
Counterbalance
(n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam. |
Fork
(n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved |
Fork
(n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity |
Fork
(n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided |
Fork
(n.) The place where a division or a union occurs |
Fork
(n.) The gibbet. |
Fork
(v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn. |
Fork
(v. i.) To divide into two or more branches |
Fork
(v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay |
Fork-tailed
(a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Lift
(n.) The sky |
Lift
(v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation |
Lift
(v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc. |
Lift
(v. t.) To bear |
Lift
(v. t.) To collect, as moneys due |
Lift
(v. t.) To steal |
Lift
(v. i.) To try to raise something |
Lift
(v. i.) To rise |
Lift
(v. t.) To live by theft. |
Lift
(n.) Act of lifting |
Lift
(n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted |
Lift
(n.) Help |
Lift
(n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted |
Lift
(n.) A hoisting machine |
Lift
(n.) A handle. |
Lift
(n.) An exercising machine. |
Lift
(n.) A rise |
Lift
(n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. |
Lift
(n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below |
Lift
(n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. |
Lift
(n.) A layer of leather in the heel. |
Lift
(n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. |
Truck
(v. i.) A small wheel, as of a vehicle |
Truck
(v. i.) A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. |
Truck
(v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car |
Truck
(v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. |
Truck
(v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes. |
Truck
(v. i.) A freight car. |
Truck
(v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers |
Truck
(v. t.) To transport on a truck or trucks. |
Truck
(v. t.) To exchange |
Truck
(v. i.) To exchange commodities |
Truck
(n.) Exchange of commodities |
Truck
(n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade |
Truck
(n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money |
lift
raise
heave | the act of raising something, he responded with a lift of his eyebrow, fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up |
| face lift facelift face lifting | a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes, give your home a facelift, more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction |
| lift | a ride in a car, he gave me a lift home |
airlift
lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
branching
ramification
fork
forking | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
face lift
facelift
lift face lifting
cosmetic surgery
rhytidectomy
rhytidoplasty
nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
| truck farming | growing vegetables for the market |
| lift | the act of giving temporary assistance |
| carving fork | a large fork used in carving cooked meat |
chairlift
chair lift | a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside, seats are hung from an endless overhead cable |
counterweight
counterbalance
counterpoise
balance equalizer
equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
delivery truck
delivery van
panel truck | a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers |
drawbridge
lift bridge | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
dump truck
dumper
tipper truck
tipper lorry
tip truck
tipper | truck whose contents can be emptied without handling, the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity |
elevator
lift | lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building |
fire engine
fire truck | any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire |
| fork | cutlery used for serving and eating food |
| fork | an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging, has a handle and metal prongs |
garbage truck
dustcart | a truck for collecting domestic refuse, in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart |
hand truck
truck | a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top, used to move crates or other heavy objects |
ladder truck
aerial ladder truck | a fire engine carrying ladders |
| laundry truck | van that picks up and delivers laundry, a laundry truck stops by every week |
| lift | one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot |
| lift | a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg |
| lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
pickup
pickup truck | a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard |
| salad fork | a fork intended for eating salads |
ski tow
ski lift
lift | a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill |
| sound truck | a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
| surface lift | a ski tow that pulls skiers up a slope without lifting them off the ground |
T-bar lift
T-bar
Alpine lift | a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis |
| toasting fork | long-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire) |
| top lift | the bottom layer of a heel |
tow truck
tow car
wrecker | a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) |
trailer truck
tractor trailer
trucking rig
rig articulated lorry
semi | a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
truck
motortruck | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
| truck bed | the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer |
truck farm
truck garden | a farm where vegetables are grown for market |
| truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
| tuning fork | a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck, used to tune musical instruments |
crotch
fork | the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk |
| lift rise | a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground |
elevation
lift
raising | the event of something being raised upward, an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon, a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity |
produce
green goods
green groceries
garden truck | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
| truck dealer | a firm that sells and buys trucks |
| truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
teamster
trucker
truck driver | someone who drives a truck as an occupation |
aerodynamic lift
lift | the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity |
skeleton fork fern
Psilotum nudum | pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves, America, Japan, Australia |
counterbalance
offset | a compensating equivalent |