To carry from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey.
To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture.
To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See Synonyms at banish.
n.
(trāns'pôrt', -pōrt')
The act of transporting; conveyance.
The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture.
A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.
A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.
The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.
A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder.
A deported convict.
[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportāre : trāns-, trans- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.] trans·port'a·bil'i·ty n., trans·port'a·ble adj., trans·port'er n., trans·por'tive adj.