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Is lifting a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lifting is a Scrabble US word. The word lifting is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

L1I1F4T1I1N1G2

Is lifting a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lifting is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

L1I1F4T1I1N1G2

Is lifting a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lifting is a Words With Friends word. The word lifting is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2I1F4T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (2 found)

FLITING,LIFTING,

6-letter words (4 found)

FILING,FINLIT,LITING,TILING,

5-letter words (5 found)

FLING,FLINT,GLIFT,GLINT,INTIL,

4-letter words (10 found)

FINI,FLIT,GIFT,GILT,GLIT,INTI,LIFT,LING,LINT,TING,

3-letter words (16 found)

FIG,FIL,FIN,FIT,GIF,GIN,GIT,ING,LIG,LIN,LIT,NIL,NIT,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

GI,IF,IN,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 43 words from lifting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lifting

lifting

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪftɪŋ

Noun

lifting (countable and uncountable, plural liftings)

  1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
  2. (sports) weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
    Synonym: weightlifting
    • 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.
  3. (medicine) plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
    Synonym: facelift
  4. Theft.
  5. (mathematics) A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

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Translations

Verb

lifting

  1. present participle and gerund of lift

References

  • lifting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • fliting

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English lifting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lif.tiŋ/

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. facelift
    Synonym: lifting de visage

Further reading

  • “lifting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lipting, from Old Norse lypting (compare Norwegian Nynorsk lyfting).

Noun

lifting f (genitive singular liftinge, nominative plural liftingí)

  1. (nautical, literary) taffrail
    Synonyms: rancás, teafrail

Declension

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lifting”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lipting”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.

Noun

lifting m (invariable)

  1. (surgery) face-lift, lifting

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lifting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlif.tiŋk/
  • Rhymes: -iftiŋk
  • Syllabification: lif‧ting

Noun

lifting m inan

  1. facelift (plastic surgery to the face)

Declension

Further reading

  • lifting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lifting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.

Noun

lifting n (plural liftinguri)

  1. lifting

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliftin/ [ˈlif.t̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -iftin

Noun

lifting m (plural liftings)

  1. lifting, facelift

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “lifting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org