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deadlift

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdɛdlɪft/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

Examples

  • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii 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.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any lift performed without help or leverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An effort made under discouraging conditions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dead + lift.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ağırlığı yerdən qaldırma — weight training exercise
  • Azerbaijani: yerdən qaldırma — weight training exercise
  • Bulgarian: мъ́ртва тя́га (mǎ́rtva tjága) — weight training exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬拉 (yìnglā) — weight training exercise
  • Czech: mrtvý tah — weight training exercise
  • Czech: pozved — weight training exercise
  • Danish: dødløft — weight training exercise
  • Finnish: maastaveto — weight training exercise
  • Finnish: maastanosto — weight training exercise
  • Finnish: mave — weight training exercise
  • French: soulevé de terre — weight training exercise
  • German: Kreuzheben — weight training exercise
  • Hebrew: דדליפט (dedlift) — weight training exercise
  • Hungarian: felhúzás — weight training exercise
  • Icelandic: réttstöðulyfta — weight training exercise
  • Italian: stacco da terra — weight training exercise
  • Japanese: デッドリフト (deddorifuto) — weight training exercise
  • Kazakh: бітімге тарту (bıtımge tartu) — weight training exercise
  • Korean: 데드리프트 (dedeuripeuteu) — weight training exercise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: markløft — weight training exercise
  • Polish: martwy ciąg — weight training exercise
  • Russian: станова́я тя́га (stanovája tjága) — weight training exercise
  • Spanish: peso muerto — weight training exercise
  • Swedish: marklyft — weight training exercise
  • Turkish: deadlift — weight training exercise
  • Ukrainian: ме́ртве зве́дення (mértve zvédennja) — weight training exercise
  • Dutch: deadliften — to lift
  • Finnish: vetää maasta — to lift
  • Finnish: maastavetää — to lift
  • Finnish: mavettaa — to lift
  • Polish: wykonywać martwy ciąg — to lift
  • Polish: wykonać martwy ciąg — to lift
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