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Definition of 'transport'

Noun

  1. something that serves as a means of transportation
       Synonyms: conveyance
  2. an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
  3. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
       Synonyms: transportation shipping
  4. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
       Synonyms: ecstasy rapture exaltation raptus
  5. a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
       Synonyms: tape drive tape transport

Verb

  1. move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
  2. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
       Synonyms: carry
  3. hold spellbound
       Synonyms: enchant enrapture enthrall ravish enthral delight
       Antonyms: disenchant disillusion
  4. transport commercially
       Synonyms: send ship
  5. send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
       Synonyms: transmit transfer channel channelize channelise


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