"airlift" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛə.lɪft/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-airlift.ogg [US] Forms: airlifts [plural]
Etymology: air + lift Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|lift}} air + lift Head templates: {{en-noun}} airlift (plural airlifts)
  1. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency. Translations (the transportation of troops): 空運 (Chinese Mandarin), 空运 (kōngyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), luchtbrug [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), loftbrúgv [feminine] (Faroese), ilmasilta (Finnish), pont aérien [masculine] (French), Luftbrücke [feminine] (German), 空輸 (kūyu) (alt: くうゆ) (Japanese), most powietrzny [masculine] (Polish), возду́шный мост (vozdúšnyj most) [masculine] (Russian), возду́шные перево́зки (vozdúšnyje perevózki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), puente aéreo [masculine] (Spanish), luftbro [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-airlift-en-noun-9iWQo0MF Disambiguation of 'the transportation of troops': 95 0 5
  2. Such a flight. Translations (a flight): luchtbrug [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ilmasilta (Finnish), pont aérien [masculine] (French), Luftbrücke [feminine] (German), Luftbrückenflug [masculine] (German), возду́шный мост (vozdúšnyj most) [masculine] (Russian), luftbro [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-airlift-en-noun-by8TbKDO Disambiguation of 'a flight': 0 100 0
  3. (archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed. Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (a pipe): эрли́фт (erlíft) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-airlift-en-noun-bBzbP6AU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 1 62 16 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'a pipe': 0 0 100

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛə.lɪft/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-airlift.ogg [US] Forms: airlifts [present, singular, third-person], airlifting [participle, present], airlifted [participle, past], airlifted [past]
Etymology: air + lift Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|lift}} air + lift Head templates: {{en-verb}} airlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)
  1. (transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift. Tags: transitive Derived forms: airlifter Translations (to transport in an airlift): per luchtbrug vervoeren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-airlift-en-verb-WYO1Xq-l

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Julie Benz), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Outskirts",
          "text": "My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transport (troops etc) in an airlift."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛə.lɪft/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-airlift.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-airlift.ogg/En-us-airlift.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-us-airlift.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to transport in an airlift",
      "word": "per luchtbrug vervoeren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "airlift"
}

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