I. tranzˈpō(ə)rt, traan-, -n(t)ˈsp-, -pȯ(ə)rt, -ōət, -ȯ(ə)t, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -d.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English transporten, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French transporter, from Latin transportare, from trans- + portare to carry — more at fare
1. : to transfer or convey from one person or place to another : carry , move
on this vessel he transported a heavy load of ammunition — L.H.Bolander
in the early days copper ore was transported in wagons — American Guide Series: Tennessee
will transport the industry to a better competitive level — T.D.Rice
endeavor to transport ourselves into the position of a contemporary spectator — Roger Fry
2. : to carry away with strong or intensely pleasurable emotion : inflame , enrapture
his anger transports him
the test of greatness in a work of art is … that it transports us — Herbert Read
didn't realize that just a man and a red cloth and a bull could … transport a person — Barnaby Conrad
3. : to convey or cause to be conveyed into banishment usually to a penal colony
was eventually transported for stealing a gentleman's gold watch — Osbert Sitwell
4. Scotland
a. : to transfer (a minister) to another charge
b. : to remove (a parish church) to another part of the parish
Synonyms: see banish , carry
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from transporten to transport
1. obsolete : the conveyance of property : transfer
2.
a. : transportation 1a
the arduous transport … of three and a half tons of stores — British Book News
then came the transport of the huge disk to California — David England
it is maintained that transport in large tanks affects the wine quality — G.G.Weigend
b. : transportation 1b
3.
a. : the state of being moved by strong or intensely pleasurable emotion : frenzy , ecstasy , rapture
in a transport at possessing … a fortune — G.B.Shaw
each expressed … an authentic transport of personal joy — C.E.Montague
b. : an instance or fit of such transport
transports of delight — T.B.Macaulay
transports of rage — Jane Austen
a bitter cynicism has succeeded to transports of pugnacious hatred — G.B.Shaw
4.
a. : a ship used for carrying soldiers or military equipment and stores
a fleet of warships sailed with accompanying transports filled with troops
served as a seaman on transports in the Pacific — Current Biography
— compare freighter
b. : a truck, plane, or other vehicle used to carry persons or goods from one place to another
impatient drivers will … try to get around long, slow-moving trucks or transports — T.S.Smith
jet prototype that could be used as a bomber or a transport — Horace Sutton
c. : transportation 4b
the economics of transport will … dictate the kind of vehicle to be used — John Kemp
one must understand the whole picture of transport — N.J.Curry
also : a system or organized means of public conveyance or travel : transit
they work in factories and offices, use transport , and live in residential suburbs — Sybille Bedford
this shortage of efficient transport — John Kobler
5. : a person who is transported or banished as a convict
many early American settlers were transports
6. : an exchange of molecules or other particles together with their kinetic energy and momentum across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid
Synonyms: see ecstasy
III. noun
: a mechanism for moving magnetic tape past a recording head