airlift

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation,
definition	:	the act of moving something from one location to another (noun.act)

instance hyponym	:	berlin airlift,
definition	:	airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin (noun.act)

2. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	fly,
definition	:	transport by aeroplane (verb.contact)

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

derivation	:	airlift, lift,
definition	:	fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise,
definition	:	raise from a lower to a higher position (verb.motion)

4. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (verb.contact)

derivation	:	airlift, lift,
definition	:	transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) (noun.act)

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

derivation	:	airlift, lift,
definition	:	fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise,
definition	:	raise from a lower to a higher position (verb.motion)

6. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (verb.contact)

derivation	:	airlift, lift,
definition	:	transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) (noun.act)