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port I. \ˈpō(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English (from Latin portus passage, house door, port); partly from Old French, from Latin portus — more at ford 1. a. : a place where ships may ride secure from storms : harbor, haven < wonder if so small a barque can … make the port — E.J.Schoettle > b. (1) : refuge (2) : destination, goal 2. a. : a harbor town or city where ships may take on or discharge cargo : the starting point or the destination of a voyage : a place to or from which goods may be shipped b. : the entire geographical harbor area of a place < the port of San Francisco > c. : airport < the port is free of obstructions — no mountains or tall buildings impede an approach or takeoff — Cornelius Ryan > 3. : port of entry Synonyms: see harbor II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. obsolete : to make port at 2. obsolete : to bring to port III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English port, porte, from Middle French porte gate, door, from Latin porta passage, gate; akin to Latin portus passage, port — more at ford 1. chiefly Scotland : gate, portal; especially : a city gate 2. chiefly Scotland : a market for hiring of laborers usually held near the gate of a town 3. : an opening or passageway between two woods or stones or between a wood and the jack in lawn bowling or curling 4. : an upward curve or tongue groove in the mouthpiece of some bits to put pressure on the sensitive bars of a horse's mouth 5. a. : an opening for intake or exhaust of air, gas, steam, water, or other fluid especially in a valve seat or valve face b. : the area of opening in a cylinder face of a passageway for the working fluid in an engine c. : any such passageway connecting the cylinder with the cylinder face or the latter with the exhaust 6. a. : an opening in a ship's side to admit light or air or to load cargo : porthole b. archaic : the shutter or cover for a porthole 7. a. : an opening in the receiver of a firearm through which empty shells are ejected b. : an opening in some repeating firearms through which cartridges are loaded into the magazine 8. : a hole or slit in an armored vehicle or fortification through which guns may be fired IV. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from porter to carry, bear 1. : the manner in which one bears himself : bearing, demeanor, mien < pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by — Oliver Goldsmith > 2. archaic : manner or style of living : dignity, state 3. obsolete : the action of carrying mail or the fee for it : postage 4. : the position in which a military weapon is carried when ported V. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French porter to carry, from Latin portare — more at fare transitive verb obsolete : carry, transport intransitive verb of a horse : to paw the bedding and strike the floor with the forefeet — often used with back VI. noun (-s) Etymology: probably from port (I) or port (III) (porthole) : the left side of a ship or airplane looking forward : larboard — opposed to starboard VII. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to turn or put (a helm or rudder) to the left VIII. adjective : of, relating to, or situated to port IX. noun (-s) Etymology: from Oporto, O Porto (now Porto) city in Portugal 1. : a fortified sweet wine of rich taste and aroma from the valley of the Douro, Portugal — see ruby port, tawny port, vintage port, white port 2. : any of numerous wines originating in various parts of the world and resembling the port of Portugal in varying degrees < California port > 3. : a very dark red that is slightly bluer than mulberry fruit X. noun (-s) Etymology: Scottish Gaelic chiefly Scotland : a tune or air especially on a bagpipe XI. noun (-s) Etymology: by shortening Australia : portmanteau XII. abbreviation 1. portable 2. portfolio 3. portrait XIII. noun : a hardware interface (as a socket for a cable) by which a computer is connected to a peripheral device (as a printer or mouse) ; broadly : jack 2l(1) XIV. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: perhaps from port (hardware interface — herein) (influence by portable and portability) : to translate (a computer program) into a version for another computer or operating system < planned to port the program to other computers — John Markoff > |