Sealifted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Carried in bulk by ship across the sea, especially cargo or military personnel moved by a large-scale maritime transport operation
2. Moved by sea in large quantities, typically supplies or troops conveyed over water by a fleet of vessels
3. Transported across water by ship in bulk, as when equipment and soldiers are ferried over a long maritime route

Etymology: "Sealifted" is the past tense and past participle of "sealift," a verb meaning to carry people or goods across the sea by ship. The base word is a compound of "sea" and "lift," and it was modelled on "airlift," the older term for moving people or supplies by aircraft. In that sense, "sealift" simply applies the same pattern to ships: "lift" in the sense of transporting something from one place to another, with the sea as the route.