transport /trans-pōrtˈ, -pörtˈ, träns-, -z-/

1. To carry, convey or remove from one place to another
2. To send overseas to a penal colony (historical)
3. To carry away by strong emotion
4. To throw into an ecstasy
5. To translate (eg a minister)
6. To put to death (Shakespeare)
7. Perh to carry off (as by the fairies) (Shakespeare)

1. Carriage or conveyance of goods or people from one place to another
2. The management of or arrangements for such conveyance
3. Means of conveyance for getting from place to place
4. The conveyance of troops and their equipment
5. A ship, aircraft, etc, for this purpose
6. Ecstasy, or any strong emotion
7. Someone who has been transported or sentenced to transportation (historical)

transportabilˈity noun

transportˈable adjective

1. Able to be transported
2. (eg of an offence) liable, or rendering liable, to transportation (historical)

transportˈal noun

transportˈance noun (Shakespeare)

Conveyance, transport

transportāˈtion noun

1. Removal
2. The act of transporting or process of being transported
3. Removal of offenders to penal colonies overseas (historical)
4. The transporting of goods or people
5. Means or system of transport
6. Tickets or passes for transport

transportˈed adjective

transportˈedly adverb

transportˈedness noun

transportˈer noun

Someone or something that transports, esp a large vehicle for carrying heavy goods

transportˈing noun and adjective

transportˈingly adverb

transportˈive adjective

Tending or having power to transport

transport café noun

A roadside café catering mainly for long-distance lorry drivers

transporter bridge noun

A bridge for transporting vehicles, consisting of a movable platform suspended from a girder

transport rider noun (S Afr; historical)

A carrier transporting goods by wagon

transport ship noun

A ship used for carrying troops, stores, etc

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