airlift

air + lift

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛə.lɪft/

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Noun

Singular airlift

Plural airlifts

1. Airlift is the transportation of troops or supplies by air.

Verb

Plain form airlift

Third-person singular airlifts

Past tense airlifted

Past participle airlifted

Present participle airlifting

1. (transitive) If you airlift troops, you transport them in an aircraft.