Definitions for lifting
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1. liftingnoun

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

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1. Lifting

   of Lift

2. Liftingadjective

   used in, or for, or by, lifting

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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 Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. lifting

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

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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.

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1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Spencer Pratt:

   I was telling my weight lifting coach,' God, I wish I stayed in more contact with the man who baptized me in a Costa Rican river on a reality show, because I would be going to the JB/Hailey frickin ’ wedding,'.

2. Amanda Kloots:

   We have been singing and dancing and lifting him up in only positive thoughts and words and deeds, and guys, it's making a difference. He's not done, he's not done.

3. Mohamed Moazzab:

   We mainly aim with the lifting of fuel and food subsidies to stop the smuggling of goods and fuel to neighboring countries.

4. Charles Krauthammer:

   But even worse is the final capitulation, which was a giving in to a lifting of the embargo on ballistic missiles and conventional arms. I think even skeptics of the deal have been shocked by the degree of the capitulation.

5. Kamala Harris:

   We should put money back into the pockets of American families to address rising costs of childcare, housing, tuition, and other expenses, our tax code should reflect our values and instead of more tax breaks for the top 1 % and corporations, we should be lifting up millions of American families.

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