Definitions for LIFTING
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. liftingnoun

   Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance; facelift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifting

   of Lift

2. Liftingadjective

   used in, or for, or by, lifting

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Lifting

   Moving or bringing something from a lower level to a higher one. The concept encompasses biomechanic stresses resulting from work done in transferring objects from one plane to another as well as the effects of varying techniques of patient handling and transfer.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lifting

   The rising of fog or haze from the surface of the water.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lifting

   This technical term in the printing trade, because type is lifted out of the columns prior to distribution, or, as may happen in a newspaper, to be held over until the next issue for want of space, has come to be applied by journalists to literary theft. Facts, anecdotes, or jokes stolen from a contribution submitted to an editor on approval are said to have been “lifted.” One newspaper, too, often “lifts” matter from another without acknowledgment.

Anagrams for LIFTING »

1. fliting

How to pronounce LIFTING?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say LIFTING in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LIFTING in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LIFTING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of LIFTING in a Sentence

1. Peter Cohn:

   Helping U.S. oilproducers’ cause is the fact that other Republican policy priorities areabsolute non-starters for the Democrats, while the Democratsgenerally don’t like the idea of lifting the ban, they don’t view oil exportsas extraordinarily harmful and thus it makes perfect ‘trade bait’ for provisions they want in the budget and tax bills.

2. Scotland Adam Scott:

   I feel like I've been really close to lifting this trophy, i'd be very disappointed if I never did it in my career when I got so close.

3. Mo Farah:

   Through British Athletics he (McHenry) sent me a lifting and strength guide and that's all.

4. Mohamed Moazzab:

   We mainly aim with the lifting of fuel and food subsidies to stop the smuggling of goods and fuel to neighboring countries.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   We're not going to let you tell us we have no voice in lifting the sanctions we created.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lifting
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LIFTING
3. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=LIFTING
4. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=LIFTING