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Meaning of 'transport' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Transport [ v.]
- Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
- A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.
- Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
- A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
2 . Transport [ v. t.]
- To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
- To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
- To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.

Meaning of 'transport' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . transport [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Example in sentence:
  • listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
2 . transport [ v]
Meaning (2):
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
Example in sentence:
  • carry the suitcases to the car;
  • These pipes carry waste water into the river;
  • This train is carrying nuclear waste;
  • You must carry your camping gear
Meaning (3):
- send from one person or place to another
Example in sentence:
  • transmit a message

Nearby Words:

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