port3 /pōrt or pört/ noun- An opening in the side of a ship
- A porthole or its cover
- Any socket on a computer by which data can pass to and from peripheral units (computing)
- Part of a horse's bit curved for the tongue
- A passageway for a ball or curling-stone
- A gate or gateway (obsolete)
- A town gate, or its former position (now chiefly Scot)
- An outlet or inlet for a fluid
ORIGIN: Fr porte (perh also OE port), from L porta gate portˈage noun (Shakespeare) An opening port5 /pōrt or pört/ transitive verb- To carry or convey (obsolete)
- To hold in a slanting direction upward across the body (military)
- To adapt (a program, etc) for another computer system
noun- Bearing
- Demeanour
- Carriage of the body, deportment
- Imposing bearing
- Style of living
- A retinue (obsolete)
- The position of a ported weapon
ORIGIN: Fr port, porter, from L portāre to carry portabilˈity noun - The quality of being portable
- The ability of a program to be used on another computer system
portˈable adjective - Easily or conveniently carried or moved about
- Endurable (Shakespeare)
- (of a computer program) easily adapted for use on a wide range of computers
noun A portable article portˈage noun - An act of carrying
- Carriage
- The price of carriage
- A space, track, or journey, over which goods and boats have to be carried or dragged overland
- A sailor's private venture in a voyage (Shakespeare)
transitive verb To transport goods, boats, etc overland between waterways portˈance noun (Spenser; Shakespeare) Carriage, bearing portˈate adjective (heraldry) In a position as if being carried portˈatile adjective Portable portˈative adjective Easily carried noun (historical)A portable organ (often pair of portatives) port-crayˈon or porte-crayˈon noun (Fr porte-crayon) a handle for holding a crayon porte-bonheur /portˈbon-œrˈ/ noun (French) A charm carried for luck porteˈ-monnaieˈ /-mon-eˈ/ noun (French) A purse or pocketbook portˈ-fire noun A slow-match or match-cord |