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WEIGHTLIFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weightlift mean? 

WEIGHTLIFT (noun)
  The noun WEIGHTLIFT has 1 sense:

1. bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weightsplay

  Familiarity information: WEIGHTLIFT used as a noun is very rare.


WEIGHTLIFT (verb)
  The verb WEIGHTLIFT has 1 sense:

1. lift weightsplay

  Familiarity information: WEIGHTLIFT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WEIGHTLIFT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

weightlift; weightlifting

Hypernyms ("weightlift" is a kind of...):

anaerobic exercise; bodybuilding; muscle building; musclebuilding (exercise that builds muscles through tension)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weightlift"):

jerk (raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms)

bench press (a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward)

clean; clean and jerk (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead)

military press; press (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead)

snatch (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion)


WEIGHTLIFT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift weights

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

press; weight-lift; weightlift

Context example:

This guy can press 300 pounds

Hypernyms (to "weightlift" is one way to...):

exercise; work out (do physical exercise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

weightlifter (an athlete who lifts barbells)

weightlifting (bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights)


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