aeroplane UK /ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/US /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/noun 6verb 2forms 1 noun6 •(Canada) a vehicle that flies, held up by wings that do not move and driven forward by engines •(Canada) One that can carry a person or persons.They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages. •Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered. •(Canada) A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.Here comes the airplane! Open wide! •Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes. •(no longer used) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface. verb2 •To fly in an aeroplane. •To transport by aeroplane.The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff. — 1919 formsaeroplanes