Meanings
verbweightlift (third-person singular simple present weightlifts, present participle weightlifting, simple past and past participle weightlifted)
present singular third person weightlifts · participle present weightlifting · participle past weightlifted · past weightlifted · alternative weight-lift
- intransitiverarehobbiesTo practise weightlifting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from weightlifting.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish nostaa painoja
- nostaa painojato practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
Māori mōhiki
- mōhikito practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
Polish podnosić ciężary
- podnosić ciężaryto practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
Russian жать, кача́ться
- жать (žatʹ)to practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
- кача́ться (kačátʹsja)to practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
Spanish levantar pesas
- levantar pesasto practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation
Cite this entry
APA
weightlift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlift
MLA
“weightlift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlift. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weightlift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlift.
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