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transport

  • verb
  • trans·port
  • trănspôrtʹ

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

Example

“to transport goods; to transport troops”

Other meanings

  1. To deport to a penal colony.

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

    “Music transports the soul.”

Synonyms

  • transmit
  • transfer

Related words

  • transport caf
  • means of transport
  • active transport
  • air transport
  • auto transport truck
  • copper transport disease
  • Metropolis light transport
  • mode of transport
  • rail transport
  • transport poverty
  • transport protein
  • transport rider

Word history

From Latin "trānsportō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “transport” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.