Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relift

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-lift
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lift something again.

adj

Pertaining to a pumping system that raises the level of water that is flowing in a waterway.

Example Sentences

"A relift pump would then raise the water to another concrete-lined canal on compacted fill."
"The purpose of this wasteway is to provide for emergency waste in the canal in case of unscheduled shutdown of the relift pumping plant."
"The proposed Stanfield canal, Stanfield relift pump, and Stanfield relift canal and siphon features were not surveyed at this time because they cross irrigated croplands."
"Comparison of benefit/cost ratios of well and relift systems for tailwater recovery system in northeast Arkansas."

Etymology

From re- + lift.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

relifts (present, singular) relifting (participle, present) relifted (participle, past) relifted (past)

Questions

What does relift mean?: To lift something again.
Where does relift come from?: From re- + lift.

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