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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   Daniel

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   Karen

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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. Scott Gottlieb:

   I don't think that we should be going into the school year lifting the mitigation that may have worked and probably did work last year to control outbreaks in the school setting, until we have firm evidence on what works and what doesn't.

2. Michael Himes:

   On Saturday while we were lifting the Golden Ray wreck, we had a discharge of oil inside the protection barrier. As the tide shifted some of that oil went underneath the barrier.

3. Peter Navarro:

   This is fake news, the Trump tariffs have been an important defense against China's economic aggression and we are stronger today because they exist. Lifting the tariffs would simply enrich China at the expense of American workers.

4. Christopher Granville:

   The plausible partial lifting of European Union sanctions at the end of this year is consistent with debt capital markets becoming accessible again by non-sanctioned Russian issuers in the second half of the year, investors will no longer worry that companies who are not now sanctioned may suddenly appear on some new sanctions list in the near future.

5. Nick Bullen:

   He’s 73 and has been preparing for a lifetime, to finally take on some of that mantle has been great for Charles. He’s been enjoying it. And he loves doing some of the heavy lifting for his mother. He certainly wants to make it as easy as possible for his mother, as any child would. So there are many feelings surrounding this. But he’s certainly not in a hurry to become king.

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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