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weight·lift·ing

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–noun

the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.

[Origin: 1895–1900; weight + lifting

]

—Related forms

weightlifter, noun

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weight·lift·ing Audio Help (wāt'lĭf'tĭng) Pronunciation Key
n. The lifting of heavy weights in a prescribed manner as an exercise or in athletic competition.

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weightlifting
noun
bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights [syn: weightlift]

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ˈweightlifting noun

the sport of lifting weights

Arabic:	رَفْع أثْقال
Chinese (Simplified):	举重
Chinese (Traditional):	舉重
Czech:	vzpírání
Danish:	vægtløftning
Estonian:	(kaalu)pommi tõstmine
French:	haltérophilie
Greek:	άρση βαρών
Hungarian:	súlyemelés
Indonesian:	olahraga angkat berat
Italian:	sollevamento pesi*

Latvian:	svarcelšana
Lithuanian:	sunkumų kilnojimas
Norwegian:	vektløfting
Polish:	podnoszenie ciężarów
Portuguese (Brazil):	levantamento de peso
Russian:	тяжёлая атлетика
Slovak:	vzpieranie
Slovenian:	dvigovanje uteži
Spanish:	halterofilia, levantamiento de pesas
Swedish:	tyngdlyftning
Turkish:	halter sporu