Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey. synonym: carry.
- transitive verb To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
- transitive verb To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
- noun The act of transporting; conveyance.
- noun The condition of being transported by emotion; joy or rapture.
- noun A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.
- noun A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.
- noun The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
- noun The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.
- noun A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder.
- noun A deported convict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convey from one place to another; transfer.
- To transform; alter.
- To remove from this world; kill: a euphemistic use.
- To carry into banishment, as a criminal to a penal colony; carry beyond seas.
- To carry away by strong emotion, as joy or anger; carry out of one's self; render beside one's self.
- noun Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
- noun Transformation; alteration.
- noun A ship or vessel employed by government for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions from one place to another, or to convey convicts to the place of their destination.
- noun A convict transported or sentenced to exile.
- noun Vehement emotion; passion; rapture; ecstasy.
- noun Means of transportation; animals and vehicles used in transportation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey
- transitive verb To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
- transitive verb To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy.
- noun Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
- noun A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also
transport ship ,transport vessel . - noun Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
- noun A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
change thelocation orplace of. - verb historical To
deport to apenal colony . - verb figuratively To
move (someone) tostrong emotion ; tocarry away . - noun An act of
transporting ;conveyance . - noun The state of being
transported by emotion;rapture . - noun A
vehicle used to transport (passengers ,mail ,freight ,troops etc.) - noun Canada A
tractor-trailer . - noun The
system of transporting passengers, etc. in aparticular region ; the vehicles used in such a system. - noun A
device that movesrecording tape across theread /write heads of atape recorder or video recorder etc. - noun historical A deported
convict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
- verb transport commercially
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- noun the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
- verb move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- verb send from one person or place to another
- noun a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
- verb hold spellbound
- noun something that serves as a means of transportation
- verb move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This transport is also something the railroad has no competition!.
China Planning to Connect High Speed Rail Lines To Europe | Inhabitat 2010
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For all the housewives of the years before 1950, modern conveniences would likely seem the ultimate optimistic convenience, and long-distance modern transport is definitely far better and more optimistic than sailing ships and horse-drawn wagons.
February « 2010 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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Even if the price Walmart pays for local produce is slightly higher than what it would pay large growers, savings in transport and the ability to order smaller quantities at a time can make up the difference.
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The broad array of lysosomal storage diseases and peroxisomal disorders are presented along with the defects in transport, vitamin cofactor and metal metabolism.
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The lunar lander resembles the 'Eagle' transport from the series Space 1999.
A Constellation Alternative you Might Never have Seen - NASA Watch 2009
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The gallery is borrowing the massive transport from the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Va.
Next Spring, it's La Dolce D.C. Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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Ergo — public transport is a bad goal, and should only be applied in places where the pop density is adequate to make personal transport much less effective.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Commuter Rail Numbers Don’t Even Work With the Supporters’ Numbers 2009
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Congestion pricing, which could address crowded freeways while funding better urban transport, is a good place to start.
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Compare to the effect and equal investment in transport safety would have had.
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A distinct argument for shifting rapidly to primarily electric forms of transport is that the oil is fortunately running out.
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