lifting
English
Noun
lifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)
- 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
- Synonym: 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
- Synonym: facelift
Hyponyms
- (computing): type lifting
Translations
weightlifting — see weightlifting
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lif.tiŋ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “lifting” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lipting, from Old Norse lypting (compare Norwegian Nynorsk lyfting).
Noun
lifting f (genitive singular liftinge, nominative plural liftingí)
Declension
Declension of lifting
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- "lifting" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “lipting” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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