Definition of "deadlift"

deadlift

noun
plural deadlifts
1. (weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.
  Quotations
  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. (figurative, by extension) An effort made under discouraging conditions.
verb
third-person singular simple present deadlifts, present participle deadlifting, simple past and past participle deadlifted
1. (transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.