deadlift

noun

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

   “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.”

2. Any lift performed without help or leverage.
3. (broadly, figuratively)An effort made under discouraging conditions.

verb

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