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 socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Specialized
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Archaic
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
- 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
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
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
- 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
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.