noun. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load to be lifted and moved.

transitive verb. To move or stack by use of a vehicle with a power-operated pronged platform.

noun. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved

verb. to move or stack using such a vehicle

noun. a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them

"Remember when I first went to White's they didn't have what you call a forklift, but today they've got these big lifts that can do as much work in fifteen minutes as a half dozen men can do all day."

self-propelled vehicle  

back-seat  backhoe  bitwise  bulldozer  derrick  

fork hoist  fork truck  lift truck  sideloader  stacker-truck