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portage
port·age P0453500 (pôr′tĭj, pôr-täzh′)n.1. a. The act or an instance of carrying.b. A charge for carrying.2. Nautical a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.b. A track or route used for such carrying.tr. & intr.v. port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es Nautical To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids. [Middle English, from Old French, from porter, to carry, from Latin portāre; see per- in Indo-European roots.]portage (ˈpɔːtɪdʒ; French pɔrtaʒ) n1. the act of carrying; transport2. (Commerce) the cost of carrying or transporting3. the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways4. the route overland used for such transportvbto transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways[C15: from French, from Old French porter to carry]por•tage (ˈpɔr tɪdʒ, ˈpoʊr- or, for 2,3,5,6, pɔrˈtɑʒ) n., v. -taged, -tag•ing. n. 1. the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, supplies, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4. the cost of carriage. v.i. 5. to make a portage. v.t. 6. to carry over a portage: to portage a canoe. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French; see port5, -age] portage Past participle: portaged Gerund: portaging
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I portage | you portage | he/she/it portages | we portage | you portage | they portage |
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I portaged | you portaged | he/she/it portaged | we portaged | you portaged | they portaged |
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I am portaging | you are portaging | he/she/it is portaging | we are portaging | you are portaging | they are portaging |
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I have portaged | you have portaged | he/she/it has portaged | we have portaged | you have portaged | they have portaged |
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I was portaging | you were portaging | he/she/it was portaging | we were portaging | you were portaging | they were portaging |
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I had portaged | you had portaged | he/she/it had portaged | we had portaged | you had portaged | they had portaged |
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I will portage | you will portage | he/she/it will portage | we will portage | you will portage | they will portage |
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I will have portaged | you will have portaged | he/she/it will have portaged | we will have portaged | you will have portaged | they will have portaged |
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I will be portaging | you will be portaging | he/she/it will be portaging | we will be portaging | you will be portaging | they will be portaging |
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I have been portaging | you have been portaging | he/she/it has been portaging | we have been portaging | you have been portaging | they have been portaging |
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I will have been portaging | you will have been portaging | he/she/it will have been portaging | we will have been portaging | you will have been portaging | they will have been portaging |
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I had been portaging | you had been portaging | he/she/it had been portaging | we had been portaging | you had been portaging | they had been portaging |
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I would portage | you would portage | he/she/it would portage | we would portage | you would portage | they would portage |
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I would have portaged | you would have portaged | he/she/it would have portaged | we would have portaged | you would have portaged | they would have portaged | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | portage - the cost of carrying or transportingcost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor | | 2. | portage - overland track between navigable waterwayscart track, cartroad, track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | | 3. | portage - carrying boats and supplies overlandcarry - the act of carrying something | Translations
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See also: National Parks and Monuments (table)National Parks and Monuments
National Parks Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size acres (hectares) Description Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. Portage (1, 2 pôr`təj; 3 pôr`tĭj). 1 Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. The town, which was once surrounded by great industries, manufactures steel and a number of other goods. It is also a shipping center; Burns International Harbor, built in the 1970s, accommodates ocean vessels. Indiana Dunes National Park (see National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and Monuments
National Parks Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size acres (hectares) Description Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. , table) is nearby. 2 City (1990 pop. 46,042), Kalamazoo co., SW Mich.; inc. 1963. There is printing, tool and die manufacture, and motor vehicle assembly. Other manufactures include metal and plastic products and chemicals. 3 City (1990 pop. 8,640), seat of Columbia co., central Wis.; inc. 1854. In 1673, Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette were the first Europeans to use the important portage link in the water route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. The path has become a ship canal, and the city is an agricultural trade center with some light manufacturing industry. Part of Fort Winnebago (1828) has been restored as a museum. Zona GaleGale, Zona, 1874–1938, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Portage, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1895. After five years (1899–1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, she returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction ..... Click the link for more information. and Frederick Jackson TurnerTurner, Frederick Jackson, 1861–1932, American historian, b. Portage, Wis. He taught at the Univ. of Wisconsin from 1885 to 1910 except for a year spent in graduate study at Johns Hopkins. ..... Click the link for more information. were born in Portage. portage the cost of carrying or transporting portage Related to portage: dictionaryWords related to portagenoun the cost of carrying or transportingRelated Wordsnoun overland track between navigable waterwaysRelated Wordsnoun carrying boats and supplies overlandRelated Words |