Noun | 1. | ![]() movement - 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 |