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verb (used with object)
1.
to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
2.
to carry away by strong emotion; enrapture.
3.
to send into banishment, especially to a penal colony.
noun
4.
the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance.
5.
a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus.
6.
a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.
7.
an airplane carrying freight or passengers as part of a transportation system.
8.
EXPANDa system of public travel.
9.
transportation (def. 6).
10.
strong emotion; ecstatic joy, bliss, etc.
11.
a convict sent into banishment, especially to a penal colony: The country had been colonized largely by transports.
12.
COLLAPSERecording. Also called tape transport. a mechanism that moves magnetic tape past the head in a tape deck or tape recorder.
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Transportable
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English transporten (v.) < Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port5
1325–75; Middle English transporten (v.) < Latin trānsportāre to carry across. See trans-, port5
Related forms
trans·port·a·ble, adjective
trans·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
trans·port·ive, adjective
coun·ter·trans·port, noun
non·trans·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
EXPANDnon·trans·port·a·ble, adjective
pre·trans·port, verb (used with object)
un·trans·port·a·ble, adjective
COLLAPSE
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| transport | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to carry or cause to go from one place to another, esp over some distance |
| 2. | to deport or exile to a penal colony |
| 3. | (usually passive) to have a strong emotional effect on |
| —n | |
| 4. | a. the business or system of transporting goods or people |
| b. (as modifier): a modernized transport system | |
| 5. | (Brit) freight vehicles generally |
| 6. | a. a vehicle used to transport goods or people, esp lorries or ships used to convey troops |
| b. (as modifier): a transport plane | |
| 7. | the act of transporting or the state of being transported |
| 8. | ecstasy, rapture, or any powerful emotion |
| 9. | a convict sentenced to be transported |
| [C14: from Latin transportāre, from | |
| trans'portable | |
| —adj | |
| transporta'bility | |
| —n | |
| trans'porter | |
| —n | |
| trans'portive | |
| —adj | |
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