<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person or thing that elevates or raises.</li><li>A moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building.</li><li>Any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials.</li><li>A building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices.</li><li>Aeronautics: A hinged horizontal surface on an airplane or the like, used to control the longitudinal inclination and usually placed at the tail end of the fuselage.</li><li>Elevator shoe.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To raise, haul, or move (a load) by means of a windlass.</li></ul>