Liftingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

lifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)

1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
   • 1946, Eugene E. Thomas, Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta:

     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.

2. (sports) Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

   Synonym: weightlifting

   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew.

3. (medicine) Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.

   Synonym: facelift

4. Theft.
   • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426:

     It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.
6. Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)

   The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!

派生語

動詞

lifting

1. present participle and gerund of lift

派生語

参照

• lifting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• fliting