Definitions for lifting
lift·ing

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. liftingnoun

   Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance; facelift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifting

   of Lift

2. Liftingadjective

   used in, or for, or by, lifting

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifting

   Moving or bringing something from a lower level to a higher one. The concept encompasses biomechanic stresses resulting from work done in transferring objects from one plane to another as well as the effects of varying techniques of patient handling and transfer.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lifting

   The rising of fog or haze from the surface of the water.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lifting

   This technical term in the printing trade, because type is lifted out of the columns prior to distribution, or, as may happen in a newspaper, to be held over until the next issue for want of space, has come to be applied by journalists to literary theft. Facts, anecdotes, or jokes stolen from a contribution submitted to an editor on approval are said to have been “lifted.” One newspaper, too, often “lifts” matter from another without acknowledgment.

Anagrams for lifting »

1. fliting

How to pronounce lifting?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lifting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lifting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of lifting in a Sentence

1. Phil Levy:

   Lifting tariffs clearly won't undue all the lines at LA Long Beach, but what it would do is make life easier for groups that had had a very hard time recently.

2. Karen Taylor:

   It creates a community holding space instead of the burden of trauma being on the shoulders of each individual supporter or survivor, it can be solidifying and reassuring. It can be lifting. It's not just on you anymore.

3. Scott Gottlieb:

   I don't think that we should be going into the school year lifting the mitigation that may have worked and probably did work last year to control outbreaks in the school setting, until we have firm evidence on what works and what doesn't.

4. Khalifa Haftar:

   If the international community supports us, and I ask it to do so by lifting the embargo on weapons, then we could eliminate Daesh in Libya definitively and quickly.

5. Steve Nash:

   When I signed with the Lakers, I had big dreams of lifting the fans up and lighting this city on fire, i turned down more lucrative offers to come to L.A. because I wanted to be in the 'fire,' and play for high risk and high reward in my last NBA chapter. In my second game here, I broke my leg and nothing was the same.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lifting
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifting
3. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=lifting
4. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=lifting