Definitions of airlift [ˈɛərˌlɪft]

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Definition of 'airlift'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (Also,) airlift
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, esp. in an emergency.

2. airlift
the act or process of transporting such a load.

3. (v.t.) airlift
to transport (persons or cargo) by airlift.

Etymology: (1940–45)

Definition of 'airlift'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) airlift, lift
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

2. (verb) airlift, lift
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"

Translation of 'airlift'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an operation to move cargo or people, carried out by air.
Afrikaans: lugbrug	Arabic: جِسْر جَوِّي/ نَقْل جَوِّ	Bulgarian: пренасям по въздуха
Brazilian: transporte por avião	Czech: vzdušný most	German: die Luftbrücke
Danish: luftbro	Greek: αερογέφυρα	Spanish: puente aéreo
Estonian: õhusild	Farsi: ترابری هوایی	Finnish: ilmakuljetus
French: pont aérien	Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת אֲווִירִית	Hindi: हवाई जहाज द्वारा मदद करना
Croatian: zračni prijevoz	Hungarian: légihíd	Indonesian: angkutan udara
Icelandic: loftbrú, samfelldir loftf	Italian: ponte aereo	Japanese: 空中補給路
Korean: 공수	Lithuanian: oro tiltas	Latvian: pārvadāšana ar lidmašīnu
Malay: operasi pemindahan melalu	Dutch: luchtbrug	Norwegian: luftbru
Polish: most powietrzny	Persian: ترابری هوایی	Pashto: هوایی هسکول یا جګول
Portuguese: transporte por avião	Romanian: pod aerian	Russian: воздушные перевозки
Slovak: vzdušný most	Slovenian: zračni most	Serbian: prebacivanje avionom
Swedish: luftbro	Thai: ระบบการโดยสารหรือขนส่งด้ว	Turkish: hava ulaştırması, hava kö
Taiwanese: 空運	Ukrainian: перекидання повітряним шл	Urdu: ہوا کے ذریعے نقل وحرکت
Vietnamese: cầu hàng không	Chinese: 空運
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