Transport Definition

trăns-pôrt
transported, transporting, transports
verb
transported, transporting, transports
To carry from one place to another, esp. over long distances.
Webster's New World
To carry away with emotion; enrapture; entrance.
Webster's New World
To carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport.
Webster's New World

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

Music transports the soul.
Wiktionary
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
To transport goods; to transport troops.
Wiktionary
noun
transports
The act, process, or means of transporting; transportation; conveyance.
Webster's New World
Strong emotion, esp. of delight or joy; rapture.
Webster's New World
A ship, airplane, train, etc. used to transport soldiers, freight, etc.
Webster's New World
A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.
American Heritage
The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Transport

Noun

Singular:
transport
Plural:
transports

Origin of Transport

  • Middle English transporten from Old French transporter from Latin trānsportāre trāns- trans- portāre to carry per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“across”) + porto (“to carry”)

    From Wiktionary

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