relift

relift verb: to lift something again.

Verb

relift (third-person singular simple present relifts, present participle relifting, simple past and past participle relifted)

relift (not comparable)

(hydraulic engineering) Pertaining to a pumping system that raises the level of water that is flowing in a waterway.
- A relift pump would then raise the water to another concrete-lined canal on compacted fill.1962, George A. Lineer, Report on Proposed Westplains Water Storage District
- The purpose of this wasteway is to provide for emergency waste in the canal in case of unscheduled shutdown of the relift pumping plant.1985, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Lake Andes-Wagner Unit

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.1988, Umatilla Basin Project, Planning Report: Environmental Impact Statement:
Comparison of benefit/cost ratios of well and relift systems for tailwater recovery system in northeast Arkansas.2004, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science - Volume 58, page 28:

third-person singular present	relifts
present participle	relifting
past participle	relifted
past	relifted

From re- + lift.

What does relift mean?: Relift means to lift something again.
How do you use relift in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is relift?: Relift can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of relift?: The past tense of relift is relifted.

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