trans·port (tr ns-pôrt , -p rt)tr.v. trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports 1. To carry from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey. 2. To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture. 3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See Synonyms at banish. n. (tr nspôrt , -prt)1. The act of transporting; conveyance. 2. The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture. 3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment. 4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight. 5. a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area. b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system. 6. A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder. 7. A deported convict. [Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin tr  nsportre : trns-, trans- + portre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]trans·port a·bili·ty n.trans·port a·ble adj.trans·port er n.trans·por tive adj. |
transport
Verb
1. to carry or move (people or goods) from one place to another, esp. over some distance
2. History to exile (a criminal) to a penal colony
3. to have a strong emotional effect on: transported by joy
Noun
1. the business or system of transporting goods or people: public transport
2. Brit freight vehicles generally
3. a vehicle used to transport troops
4. a transporting or being transported
5. ecstasy or rapture: transports of delight [Latin trans- across + portare to carry]
transportable adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  transport - something that serves as a means of transportationdolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted horsebox - a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses instrumentation, instrumentality - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers mail - a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination cargo ships, merchant vessels, shipping, merchant marine - conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry sidecar - conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects |
| 2. | transport - an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes active transport - transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy diffusion - (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration passive transport - transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required | |
| 3. |  transport - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materialscommerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" air transport, air transportation - transportation by air navigation - ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" freight, freightage - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates expressage, express - rapid transport of goods off-line - not on a regular route of a transportation system; "an off-line ticket office" | |
| 4. |  transport - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickensemotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" | |
| 5. |  transport - a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recordermechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function tape deck - electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system tape machine, tape recorder - a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape | |
| 6. |  transport - the act of moving something from one location to anothermovement - the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" transshipment - the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment airlift, lift - transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) connexion, connection - shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" drive - the act of driving a herd of animals overland carry - the act of carrying something pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight lighterage - the transportation of goods on a lighter relocation, resettlement - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another | |
| Verb | 1. |  transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distancesmove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" sluice - transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" ferry - transport by ferry wheelbarrow - transport in a wheelbarrow raft - transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" bus - send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school" pipe - transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" freight - transport commercially as cargo truck - convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains" rail - convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" sledge - transport in a sleigh lighter - transport in a flatbottom boat pick up - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" wheel around, wheel - wheel somebody or something carry over - transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal" advect - convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid; "energy advected from the environment" teleport - transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another |
| 2. |  transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"carry - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" shoulder - carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden" port - carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" carry - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" bear - move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders" bucket - carry in a bucket return - make a return; "return a kickback" pipe in - transport to a destiny through pipes; "We have to pipe in oil" port - carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" porter - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists" pack - carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" cart - transport something in a cart fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America" haul - transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" chariot - transport in a chariot | |
| 3. |  transport - hold spellbound | |
| 4. |  transport - transport commercially move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" barge - transport by barge on a body of water railroad - transport by railroad | |
| 5. |  transport - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" project - transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another propagate - transmit; "propagate sound or light through air" translate - bring to a certain spiritual state |
transport
verb 1. convey, take, run, move, bring, send, carry, bear, remove, ship, transfer, deliver, conduct, shift, ferry, haul, fetch
verb 2. enrapture, move, delight, entrance, enchant, carry away, captivate, electrify, ravish, spellbind
noun 5. transference, carrying, shipping, delivery, distribution, removal, transportation, carriage, shipment, freight, haulage, conveyance, freightage
noun 6. (often plural) ecstasy, delight, heaven, happiness, bliss, euphoria, rapture, enchantment, cloud nine (informal) seventh heaven, ravishment << OPPOSITE despondency
Translations
transport n [ˈtrænspɔːt] → transporte m
vt [trænsˈpɔːt] → transportar;
public transport → transporte m público
transport n [ˈtrænspɔːt] → transport m
vt [trænsˈpɔːt] → transporter;
public transport → transports en commun;
Department of Transport (Brit) → ministère m des Transports
transport [ˈtrænspɔːt] n → Transport m, Beförderung f
vt → transportieren;
public transport → öffentliche Verkehrsmittel pl;
Department of Transport (Brit) → Verkehrsministerium nt
transport n [ˈtrænspɔːt] → trasporto
vt [trænsˈpɔːt] → trasportare;
public transport → mezzi mpl pubblici;
v transport [trӕnsˈpoːt]
to carry (goods, passengers etc) from one place to another The goods were transported by air; A bus transported us from the airport to the city. vervoer يَنْقُل مُسافرين أو بَضائِع пренасям přepravit transportere transportieren μεταφέρω transportar transportima حمل کردن؛ بردن kuljettaa transporter לְהוֹבִיל वहन करना prijevoz, transport szállít mengangkut flytja (á milli) traspostare 輸送する 수송하다 pervežti transportēt; pārvadāt mengangkut vervoeren transportere, bringe, sende przewozić transportar a transporta перевозить prepraviť, transportovať prepeljati transportovati transportera บรรทุก taşımak 運輸，運送 перевозити; переміщати مال يا مسافروں کو ايک جگہ سے دوسري جگہ لے جانا vận chuyển 运输，运送
[ˈtranspoːt] n
the process of transporting or being transported road transport; My husband is using my car, so I have no (means of) transport. vervoer نَقْل транспорт přeprava transport; -transport der Transport μεταφορά, μεταφορικό μέσο transporte transport حمل؛ وسیله نقلیه kuljetus transport הוֹבָלָה परिवहन prijevoz szállítás; közlekedés angkutan samgöngutæki/-kerfi trasporto 移動の手段 수송, 운송 susisiekimas, transportas transports; satiksme; satiksmes līdzeklis pengangkutan vervoer transport(ering), sending przewóz, transport transporte (mijloc de) transport перевозка;транспорт preprava, transport prevoz transport transport, transportmedel การขนส่ง taşıma 運輸工具 транспорт; засіб сполучення ذریعۂ نقل و حمل sự vận chuyển 运输工具
adj transˈportable
able to be transported. vervoerbaar قابِل للنَّقْل преносим přepravitelný, přenosný transportabel transportierbar μεταφερόμενος, φορητός transportable transporditav قابل حمل و نقل liikuteltava transportable נִיתָן לְהוֹבָלָה परिवहनीय prevoziv szállítható bisa diangkut flytjanlegur trasportabile 輸送できる 수송할 수 있는 transportabilus transportējams; pārvadājams boleh diangkut vervoerbaar transportabel, som lar seg transportere nadający się do przewozu transportável transportabil транспортабельный prepraviteľný, prenosný prenosen prenosiv transportabel, flyttbar ซึ่งบรรทุกได้ taşınabilir 運輸的 переносний, транспортабельний نقل و حمل کا ذريعہ có thể vận chuyển được 运输的
n transporˈtation
transport. vervoer نَقْل، إنْتِقال транспорт přeprava transport der Transport μεταφορά transporte transport حمل و نقل؛ وسیله نقلیه kuljetus transport הוֹבָלָה वहनीयता prijevoz, prevoženje szállítás, fuvarozás; közlekedés angkutan flutningur trasporto 輸送 수송 transportas transportēšana; pārvadāšana pengangkutan vervoer transport(ering), forsendelse transport transporte transport транспорт(ировка) preprava prevažanje transport transport, transportering การขนส่ง taşıma 運輸 перевезення, транспортування نقل و حمل sự chuyên chở 运输
n transˈporter
someone or something that transports, especially a heavy vehicle for carrying large goods. vervoerder ناقِل، ناقِلَه транспортъор dopravce; nákladní auto transportør; lastvogn der Transporter μεταφορέας, νταλίκα transportador transportija, kaubaauto حمل کننده kuljetusauto transporteur מוֹבִיל वाहक transporter, kamion za prijevoz szállítmányozó pengangkut flutningatæki trasportatore 大型トラック 수송자, 대형 트럭 pervežėjas, transporteris transportieris; pārvadātājs pengangkut transporteur, transportmiddel transportør; vogntog transporter transportador transportor транспортировщик dopravca; nákladné auto prevoznik transporter transportör, transportfordon การขนส่ง taşıyıcı 運輸者，運輸工具 транспортер, конвеєр مال يا مسافروں کو ايک جگہ سے دوسري جگہ لے جانے والا người, vật chuyên chở 运输者，运输工具）
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