lifting

Substantiv

1. 1

   The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation

   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.

2. 2

   Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

   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.

3. 3

   Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

4. 4

   Theft.

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

5. 5

   A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

6. 6

   Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)

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

Verb

1. 1

   Auch eine Form von liftpresent participle and gerund of lift

Formen

Plural

liftings