"lifting" meaning in English

See lifting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-lifting.ogg Forms: liftings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)
  1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-noun-dVw301id
  2. (sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: weightlifting
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-noun-A3itHhC~ Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: facelift Translations (facelift): opwaardering [feminine] (Dutch), lifting [masculine] (French), ritidectomia [feminine] (Italian), ritidoplastica [feminine] (Italian), lifting [masculine] (Italian), lifting [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-noun-aH0GHV2s Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'facelift': 4 4 85 0 8
  4. Theft. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-noun-5mceur7k
  5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-noun-l3BIAG5n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 7 1 69 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 15 8 3 58 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 5 15 7 2 65 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 16 4 1 71 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 18 10 3 49 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 22 10 2 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 18 8 3 56 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 16 7 2 60 9 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: car-lifting, commutant lifting theorem, type lifting [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], ego lifting, heavy lifting, lifting agent, lifting chalk, lifting gas, lifting shop, lifting the exponent, shoplifting, star lifting, tracklifting, weightlifting

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-lifting.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪftɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lifting
  1. present participle and gerund of lift Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lift
    Sense id: en-lifting-en-verb-VSfQXW4H

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.