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dead lift

  1. a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
  2. Archaic a difficult task requiring all one's power
  3. Weight Lifting a type of exercise in which a person lifts a barbell off the floor, stands up straight, and holds the weight hanging downward at arm's length

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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