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weight-lifting

weight-lifting is the alternative form of weightlifting.

weight-lifting is the present participle and gerund of weight-lift.

Meaning of weightlifting

Noun

weightlifting (uncountable)

  1. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
  2. A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Questions about weight-lifting

What is weight-lifting the alternative form of?
Weight-lifting is the alternative form of weightlifting.

Words near weight-lifting in the dictionary

  1. weight-bears
  2. weight-bore
  3. weight-borne
  4. weight-lift
  5. weight-lifted
  6. weight-lifting
  7. weight-lifts
  8. weight-saving
  9. weight-train
  10. weight-watcher
  11. weight-watchers

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