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dead-lift

dead-lift is the alternative form of deadlift.

Meaning of deadlift

Noun

deadlift (plural deadlifts)

  1. A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.
    • I never did a squat or a deadlift—the exercises I now know are best for building a bigger, stronger, more athletic-looking body—because I had access to leg-extension, leg-curl, and leg-press machines.2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
  2. Any lift performed without help or leverage.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) An effort made under discouraging conditions.

See all 4 meanings of deadlift

Forms of dead-lift

pluraldead-lifts

Questions about dead-lift

What is dead-lift the alternative form of?
Dead-lift is the alternative form of deadlift.

Words near dead-lift in the dictionary

  1. dead-heartedly
  2. dead-heartedness
  3. dead-in-shell
  4. dead-leg
  5. dead-legs
  6. dead-lift
  7. dead-light
  8. dead-lights
  9. dead-march
  10. dead-marches
  11. dead-melt

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