trans·port
(trăns-pôrt́, -pōrt́)
[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportāre, trāns-, trans-, + portāre, to carry.]
transitive verb: -port·ed, -port·ing, -ports.
- 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
noun
- 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.
derivatives
- trans·port́a·biĺi·ty
- noun
- trans·port́a·ble
- adjective
- trans·port́er
- noun
- trans·poŕtive
- adjective
