Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LIFTING
ppr. Raising; swelling with pride.
LIFTING
n.The act of lifting; assistance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LIFTING
LIFTING Lift "ing, a.
Defn: Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. -- Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. -- Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. -- Lifting pump. (Mach. ) (a ) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b ) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. -- Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. -- Lifting sail (Naut. ), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
Duden Dictionary
Lifting
Lif ting Substantiv, Neutrum , das |L i fting |das Lifting; Genitiv: des Liftings, Plural: die Liftings englisch lifting = das Heben 1 Lift 2 Leichtathletik Übung, bei der nur die Fersen vom Boden abfedern, während die Fußspitzen auf dem Boden bleiben
French Dictionary
lifting
lifting FORME FAUTIVE chirurgie Anglicisme pour déridage, lissage, remodelage.
Spanish Dictionary
lifting
lifting nombre masculino Operación de cirugía estética que consiste en el estiramiento de la piel para eliminar arrugas :la operación más solicitada de los pacientes en nuestro centro ha sido el lifting .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘liftin ’.El plural es liftings .
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