airlift

Definition of Airlift in English :

1. airlift, lift

transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

2. airlift, lift

fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

Example Sentences:
'Food is airlifted into Bosnia'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Airlift

noun

1.

the transportation by air of passengers, troops, cargo, etc, esp when other routes are blocked

verb

2. (transitive)

to transport by an airlift

noun

1.

a system of transporting troops, supplies, etc. by aircraft, as when ground routes are blocked

verb transitive

2.

to transport by airlift

n.

1. A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.

2. A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.

v. air·lift·ed, air·lift·ing, air·lifts

v.tr.

To transport in an airlift.

v.intr.

To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.