lifting

plural liftings

1. countableuncountableThe action or process by which something is lifted; elevation

   For some moments he stood there contemplating the little fellows as they went about their work in their business-like way, taking no notice of his presence other than the liftings of their heads now and then, as if to ascertain if he were still there.

   1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta

2. countableuncountablehobbiesWeightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

   2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.

   Synonyms: weightlifting

3. countableuncountablemedicinePlastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

   Synonyms: facelift

4. countableuncountableTheft.

   It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

   1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426

5. countableuncountablemathematicsA certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
6. countableuncountableSynonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)

   The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!

   Synonyms: heavy lifting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lift