lifting

noun6

1. •
   The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
2. •
   Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

   • When I started lifting in 1970, I was the skinniest thirteen-year-old I knew. — 2008
3. •
   Synonym of heavy lifting (“the most effort etc.”)

   • The word "might" is certainly doing some lifting there!
4. •
   Theft.

   • It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself. — 1836
5. •
   Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance.
6. •
   A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.