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Lifting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation countable, uncountable

    "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. countable, uncountable

    "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. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Theft. countable, uncountable

    "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. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lift form-of, gerund, participle, present

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