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powerlift

powerlift verb: to take part in powerlifting.

Verb

powerlift (third-person singular simple present powerlifts, present participle powerlifting, simple past and past participle powerlifted)

  1. To take part in powerlifting.

Forms of powerlift

third-person singular presentpowerlifts
present participlepowerlifting
past participlepowerlifted
pastpowerlifted

Origin of powerlift

Back-formation from powerlifting.

Questions about powerlift

What does powerlift mean?
Powerlift means to take part in powerlifting.
What part of speech is powerlift?
Powerlift is a verb.
What is the past tense of powerlift?
The past tense of powerlift is powerlifted.

Words near powerlift in the dictionary

  1. powerleveled
  2. powerleveling
  3. powerlevelled
  4. powerlevelling
  5. powerlevels
  6. powerlift
  7. powerlifted
  8. powerlifter
  9. powerlifters
  10. powerlifting
  11. powerlifts

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