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transport

verb
/tɹænsˈpɔːt/UK/tɹænsˈpɔɹt/US/tɹeə̯nsˈpɔɹt//ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/UK/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/US/ˈtɹeə̯ns.pɔɹt/

Etymology

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).

  1. derived from trānsportō
  2. derived from transporter — “carry or convey across”
  3. inherited from transporten

Definitions

  1. To carry or bear from one place to another

    To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

    • to transport goods; to transport troops

  2. To deport to a penal colony.

  3. To move (someone) to strong emotion

    To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

    • Music transports the soul.
    • Thes. Pray you kneele not, I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em.
    • [They] laugh as if transported with some fit / Of passion.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An act of transporting

      An act of transporting; conveyance.

      • The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.

    2. The state of being transported by emotion

      The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

      • In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.

    3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

    4. A tractor-trailer.

    5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region

      The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.

      • The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.

    6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or…

      A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.

    7. A deported convict.

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Derived

active transport, air transport, auto transport truck, copper transport disease, cyber transport, cyber transport system, cyber transport systems, light rail transport system, means of transport, Metropolis light transport, mode of transport, parallel transport, public transport, rail transport, transport caf, transport café, transport interchange, transport poverty, transport protein, transport rider, transport safety board, transport ship, transport stage, transport tetany, transport vesicle

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at transport. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01transport02carry03transfer04vehicle05transporting06transportation07transported

A definitional loop anchored at transport. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at transport

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA