noun (n)

• 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(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  lift
  

  source: wordnet30
• the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything(noun)

  source: webster1913
• A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.(noun)

  source: webster1913