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Webster 1913 Edition
Lifting
Lift′ing
,Adj.
Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
Lifting bridge
, a lift bridge.
– Lifting jack
. See 2d
– Jack
, 5. Lifting machine
. See
– Health lift
, under Health
. Lifting pump
. (Mach.)
(a)
A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.
(b)
A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.
– Lifting rod
, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; – used in the engines of river steamboats.
– Lifting sail
(Naut.)
, one which tends to lift a vessel’s bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lifting
LIFT'ING
,ppr.
LIFT'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2025
lifting
lifting
English
Noun
lifting (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.
- 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.
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
- (medicin) Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.
Synonyms
- (medicin): facelift
- (sports): weightlifting
Hyponyms
- (computing): type lifting
Translations
weightlifting — see weightlifting
References
Verb
lifting
- present participle of lift