Lifting

[Sarah]

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, orvalved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water andlifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only tothe top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.-- Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and impartingmotion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.-- Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow outof water, as jibs and square foresails.

[Sarah]

to lift weights, as in weight lifting

[Sarah]

used with a negative connotation; to replace words meaning awful, and directed usually at a person, a place of a situation. Used often in the north east of england.

[Sarah]

Lifting:

1. Picking up, or hauling an object.

2. Moving something from it's resting state by force.

3. Working out, such as using Free-weights (dumbells) or machines to perform an-aerobic exercises to build muscle strength and endurance.