transport

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

   to transport goods; to transport troops

2. 2
   verb

   To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

   Music transports the soul.

3. 3
   noun

   An act of transporting; conveyance.

   The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.

4. 4
   noun

   The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

   In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.

5. 5
   noun

   The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.

   The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans.

6. 6
   noun

   the act of moving something from one location to another

7. 7
   noun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

8. 8
   noun

   something that serves as a means of transportation

Etymology

From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans (“across”) + porto (“to carry”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).