lifting
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈlɪft.ɪŋ/
lifting
- the action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
- 1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta
- For some moments he stood there contemplating the little fellows as they went about their work in their business-like way, taking no notice of his presence other than the liftings of their heads now and then, as if to ascertain if he were still there.
- 1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta
- (sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
- Synonyms: weightlifting
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
- When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.
- (medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
- Synonyms: facelift
- theft
- 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)
- It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
- 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)
- French: lifting
- present participle of lift#English|lift
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