lifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)
The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
(sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
Synonym: weightlifting
(medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
Synonym: facelift
Theft.
(math) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
• (computing): type lifting
lifting
present participle of lift
• fliting
Source: Wiktionary
Lift"ing, a.
Definition: Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge.
– Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5.
– Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health.
– Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.
– Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.
– Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
Lift, n.Etym: [AS.lyft air. See Loft.]
Definition: The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]
Lift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lifting.] Etym: [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.lyfta to lift, Dan. löfte, G. lüften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. Addison. Lest, being lifted up with pride. I Tim. iii. 6.
3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] Spenser.
4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
5. Etym: [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. Shoplifter.]
Definition: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. Shak. To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross. John viii. 28.
– To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer. Ps. cxxi. 1.
– To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief. Ps. lxxiv. 3.
– To lift up the hand. (a) To take an oath. Gen. xiv. 22. (b) To pray. Ps. xxviii. 2. (c) To engage in duty. Heb. xii. 12.
– To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress. Job xxxi. 21.
– To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice. Gen. xl. 13. Luke xxi. 28.
– To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or unkindness. John xiii.18.
– To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. Gen. xxi. 16.
Lift, v. i.
1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. Locke.
2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
3. Etym: [See Lift, v. t., 5.]
Definition: To live by theft. Spenser.
Lift, n.
1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Bacon.
3. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.] The goat gives the fox a lift. L'Estrange.
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) An exercising machine.
5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]
7. (Naut.)
Definition: A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
8. (Mach.)
Definition: One of the steps of a cone pulley.
9. (Shoemaking)
Definition: A layer of leather in the heel.
10. (Horology)
Definition: That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Saunier. Dead lift. See under Dead. Swift.
– Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
– Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
– Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
– Lift lock, a canal lock.
– Lift pump, a lifting pump.
– Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
– Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
