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.

synonym: lift.

Roget 307: elevation; raising etc. v.; erection, lift; sublevation^†, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence etc. (convexity) 250.    lever etc. 633; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine.    dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.    ... show more

Dutch: lift
Polish: winda, dźwig

The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend.