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

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