"deadlift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deadlifts [plural]
Etymology: From dead + lift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|lift}} dead + lift Head templates: {{en-noun}} deadlift (plural deadlifts)
  1. (weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position. Categories (topical): Weightlifting Translations (weight training exercise): ağırlığı yerdən qaldırma (Azerbaijani), yerdən qaldırma (Azerbaijani), мъ́ртва тя́га (mǎ́rtva tjága) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dødløft (Danish), maastaveto (Finnish), maastanosto (Finnish), soulevé de terre [masculine] (French), Kreuzheben [neuter] (German), דדליפט (dedlift) [masculine] (Hebrew), réttstöðulyfta [feminine] (Icelandic), stacco da terra [masculine] (Italian), martwy ciąg [masculine] (Polish), станова́я тя́га (stanovája tjága) [feminine] (Russian), peso muerto [masculine] (Spanish), marklyft (Swedish), deadlift (Turkish), ме́ртве зве́дення (mértve zvédennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Any lift performed without help or leverage.
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  3. (figurative, by extension) An effort made under discouraging conditions. Tags: broadly, figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Romanian deadlift, sumo deadlift

Verb

Forms: deadlifts [present, singular, third-person], deadlifting [participle, present], deadlifted [participle, past], deadlifted [past]
Etymology: From dead + lift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|lift}} dead + lift Head templates: {{en-verb}} deadlift (third-person singular simple present deadlifts, present participle deadlifting, simple past and past participle deadlifted)
  1. (transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position. Tags: transitive Related terms: clean and jerk, squat Translations (to lift): deadliften (Dutch)
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Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deadlifting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deadlifted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deadlifted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deadlift (third-person singular simple present deadlifts, present participle deadlifting, simple past and past participle deadlifted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "clean and jerk"
    },
    {
      "word": "squat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barbell",
          "barbell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lift",
      "word": "deadliften"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "deadlift"
  ],
  "word": "deadlift"
}

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