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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.
Raising; swelling with pride.

LIFT'ING

,
Noun.
The act of lifting; assistance.

Definition 2024


lifting

lifting

English

Noun

lifting (plural liftings)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (medicin) Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (computing): type lifting

Translations

References

Verb

lifting

  1. present participle of lift

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English lifting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liftiŋ/

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. facelift

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English.

Noun

lifting m (invariable)

  1. (surgery) face-lift, lifting

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English.

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. lifting, facelift