lifting

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

2. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

4. (countable, uncountable)Theft.

5. (countable, uncountable)A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

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

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

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