Meanings
plural deadlifts
- hobbiesA weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.
2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii I never did a squat or a deadlift—the exercises I now know are best for building a bigger, stronger, more athletic-looking body—because I had access to leg-extension, leg-curl, and leg-press machines.
- Any lift performed without help or leverage.
- broadlyfigurativelyAn effort made under discouraging conditions.
present singular third person deadlifts · participle present deadlifting · participle past deadlifted · past deadlifted
- transitiveTo lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мъ́ртва тя́га
- мъ́ртва тя́га (mắrtva tjága)weight training exercise
Chinese Mandarin 硬拉
- 硬拉 (yìnglā)weight training exercise
Czech mrtvý tah, pozved
- mrtvý tahweight training exercise
- pozvedweight training exercise
Danish dødløft
- dødløftweight training exercise
Dutch deadliften
- deadliftento lift
Finnish maastaveto, maastanosto
- maastavetoweight training exercise
- maastanostoweight training exercise
- maveweight training exercise
- vetää maastato lift
- maastavetääto lift
- mavettaato lift
French soulevé de terre
- soulevé de terreweight training exercise
German Kreuzheben
- Kreuzhebenweight training exercise
Hebrew דדליפט
- דדליפט (dedlift)weight training exercise
Hungarian felhúzás
- felhúzásweight training exercise
Icelandic réttstöðulyfta
- réttstöðulyftaweight training exercise
Italian stacco da terra
- stacco da terraweight training exercise
Japanese デッドリフト
- デッドリフト (deddorifuto)weight training exercise
Korean 데드리프트
- 데드리프트 (dedeuripeuteu)weight training exercise
Norwegian Bokmål markløft
- markløftweight training exercise
Polish martwy ciąg, wykonywać martwy ciąg
- martwy ciągweight training exercise
- wykonywać martwy ciągto lift
- wykonać martwy ciągto lift
Russian станова́я тя́га
- станова́я тя́га (stanovája tjága)weight training exercise
Spanish peso muerto
- peso muertoweight training exercise
Swedish marklyft
- marklyftweight training exercise
Turkish deadlift
- deadliftweight training exercise
Ukrainian ме́ртве зве́дення
- ме́ртве зве́дення (mértve zvédennja)weight training exercise
Cite this entry
deadlift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlift
“deadlift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlift. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadlift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadlift.
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