Definition of "lifting" in English

noun

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

2. (sports) Weightlifting; 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.

3. (medicine) Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

4. Theft.

5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of lift