lifting

Definition

The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation

Example Sentences

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