lifting

To raise or rise.

“The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.”

To steal.

To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.

To arrest (a person).

To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

To cause to move upwards.

To lift weights; to weight-lift.

“She lifts twice a week at the gym.”

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

To bear; to support.

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation

Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted

Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance

Theft.

A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.