Lifting

/ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation.

Definitions by Sense

1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
2. (sports) Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
3. (medicine) Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.
4. Theft.
5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
6. Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)
7. present participle and gerund of lift

Example Sentences

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.

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.

It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!

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