lifting

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪftɪŋ

Noun

lifting (countable and uncountable, 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
    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.
  3. (medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
    Synonym: facelift
  4. Theft.
    • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426:
      It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
  5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

Derived terms

Translations

weightlifting — see weightlifting

Verb

lifting

  1. present participle and gerund of lift

References

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English lifting.

Pronunciation

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. facelift
    Synonym: lifting de visage

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lipting, from Old Norse lypting (compare Norwegian Nynorsk lyfting).

Noun

lifting f (genitive singular liftinge, nominative plural liftingí)

  1. (nautical, literary) taffrail
    Synonyms: rancás, teafrail

Declension

Declension of lifting

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lifting liftingí
Vocative a lifting a liftingí
Genitive liftinge liftingí
Dative lifting liftingí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an lifting na liftingí
Genitive na liftinge na liftingí
Dative leis an lifting

don lifting

leis na liftingí

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.

Noun

lifting m (invariable)

  1. (surgery) face-lift, lifting

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English lifting.

Pronunciation

Noun

lifting m inan

  1. facelift (plastic surgery to the face)

Declension

Declension of lifting
singular plural
nominative lifting liftingi
genitive liftingu liftingów
dative liftingowi liftingom
accusative lifting liftingi
instrumental liftingiem liftingami
locative liftingu liftingach
vocative liftingu liftingi

Further reading

  • lifting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lifting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.

Noun

lifting n (plural liftinguri)

  1. lifting

Declension

Declension of lifting
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lifting liftingul (niște) liftinguri liftingurile
genitive/dative (unui) lifting liftingului (unor) liftinguri liftingurilor
vocative liftingule liftingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. lifting, facelift

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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