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countable and uncountable, plural liftings
The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation quotations examples
For some moments he stood there contemplating the little fellows as they went about their work in their business-like way, taking no notice of his presence other than the liftings of their heads now and then, as if to ascertain if he were still there.
1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta
(sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted quotations examples
When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.
2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
(medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance examples
Theft. quotations examples
It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426
(mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory. examples
present participle and gerund of lift examples