to port
- verb
- /pɔrt/
- Archaic
- - Port your pikes!
Examples
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He said, "Port me there."
Fiction book (1999) -
- Port your pikes!
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In the team exercise, we will port the heavy equipment from one location to another.
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Soldiers are trained to port their rifles with care while moving in formation.
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It was necessary to port the small boat over the rocky shoreline to reach the lake.
Synonyms
To carry a boat and its supplies over land between rivers or lakes
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Taking any help because the situation is bad even if it is not perfect
Compounds
- Formal
A place like an airport or seaport where officers check people and goods entering a country
- Specialized
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Archaic
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
Wood from the Port Orford cedar tree that is light, strong, and has a nice smell
- Australian
A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade
- Australian
A small shrub with pink to rosy purple tube-shaped flowers that grows in southern and western Australia
- Specialized
A program that watches network ports and reports open or suspicious connections
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
- Specialized
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
- Archaic
A port in China, Korea, or Japan opened to foreign trade by treaty in the 1800s and early 1900s
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Port The verb port meaning to carry (especially a weapon) comes from Latin portare 'to carry'; think of portable and porter — to port something is to hold or carry it across your body.