lifting — English Dictionary

Noun

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

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

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   weightlifting

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

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   facelift

4. Theft.

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

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

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

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