AIRLIFT Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word airlift. (close relations)
airlifting
Best Alternative Words for AIRLIFT
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| convey | verbv | |||||||
verb • (of information) make known; pass on • serve as a means for expressing something • transfer to another • transmit a title or property • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • take something or somebody with oneself somewhere • go or come after and bring or take back | ||||||||
| move | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of deciding to do something • the act of changing your residence or place of business • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game verb • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense • move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion • change residence, affiliation, or place of employment • follow a procedure or take a course • be in a state of action • go or proceed from one point to another • perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon • give an incentive for action • arouse sympathy or compassion in • dispose of by selling • progress by being changed • live one's life in a specified environment • have a turn; make one's move in a game • propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | ||||||||
| transfer | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving something from one location to another • someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another • the act of transferring something from one form to another • a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances • application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation • transferring ownership verb • transfer somebody to a different position or location of work • move from one place to another • lift and reset in another soil or situation • move around • cause to change ownership • change from one vehicle or transportation line to another • send from one person or place to another • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes • transfer from one place or period to another | ||||||||
| transport | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that serves as a means of transportation • an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes • the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials • a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion • a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • the act of moving something from one location to another verb • move something or somebody around; usually over long distances • move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body • hold spellbound • transport commercially • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
| lift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of giving temporary assistance • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity • the event of something being raised upward • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground • a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill • a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg • one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot • lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building • plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) • a ride in a car • the act of raising something verb • raise from a lower to a higher position • take hold of something and move it to a different location • move upwards • move upward • make audible • cancel officially • make off with belongings of others • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help • invigorate or heighten • raise in rank or condition • take off or away by decreasing • rise up • pay off (a mortgage) • take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property • take illegally • fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means • take (root crops) out of the ground • call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs • rise upward, as from pressure or moisture • put an end to • remove (hair) by scalping • remove from a seedbed or from a nursery • remove from a surface • perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face | ||||||||
