lifting
Elevating a weight
Lifting is the act of raising something from a lower to a higher position.
Weight lifting or simply lifting refers to strength training with barbells, dumbbells, or machines: I've been lifting for three years.
To lift something can also mean to steal it or to plagiarize: He lifted whole passages from Wikipedia.
A lifting of restrictions or sanctions is their removal.
In meteorology, lifting describes air rising—a key mechanism in cloud formation.
Weighted exercise apparatus
- dumbbellHandheld exercise weight
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- benchpressHorizontal strength lift
pullup · snatch · clean · jerk · kettlebell · plates · rack · powerlifting
Raise with tackle
- raiseLift or increase
- craneLifter or wader
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- jackDevice for lifting vehicles
pulley · lever · elevate · haul · heave · carry · load · cargo
Support spurring continued effort
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
empowerment · joy · optimism · rejuvenation · heartwarming · boost · elevating · stirring
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- pickpocketingTheft from pockets
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- five-finger discountSlang for shoplifting
swiping · pinching · nicking · pocketing · heist · kleptomania · snatch · grab
Treeless space in forest
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- risingAct of ascending
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
- burning offDestroying through fire
thinning · visibility · breaking · parting · vanishing
barbell
Weighted exercise apparatus
benchpress · pullup · snatch · clean · jerk · kettlebell · plates · rack · powerlifting · bodybuilding
hoist
Raise with tackle
jack · pulley · lever · elevate · haul · heave · carry · load · cargo · rigging
encouragement
Support spurring continued effort
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- moraleGroup emotional well-being
hope · empowerment · joy · optimism · rejuvenation · heartwarming · boost · elevating · stirring · moving
theft
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- pickpocketingTheft from pockets
- boostingIncreasing force or level
five-finger discount · swiping · pinching · nicking · pocketing · heist · kleptomania · snatch · grab
clearing
Treeless space in forest
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- risingAct of ascending
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
burning off · thinning · visibility · breaking · parting · vanishing
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- gymgym, dumbbells, dumbbell, treadmill, weights
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- manual laborfarming, carrying, shoveling, loading, unloading
- feats of strengthcrushing, grip strength, breaking chains, smashing, tearing
liftinglowering
Moving something downward
dropping · descending · setting down · putting down · bringing down
liftingweighing down
Adding burden or mass
burdening · depressing · loading · encumbering · oppressing
liftingdepressing
Causing low mood
dampening · lowering · deflating · bringing down · saddening
- heavy liftingArduous physical or mental exertion
- weight liftingExercising by hoisting barbells
- lifting offStarting upward flight
- lifting a fingerMaking minimal effort
- lifting spirits
- lifting the lidRevealing what's concealed