transport

Nouns

  • (n) something that serves as a means of transportation conveyance,
  • (n) an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
  • (n) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials shipping, transportation,
  • (n) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
    • "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
    ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus,
  • (n) a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder tape drive, tape transport,
  • (n) the act of moving something from one location to another transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance,

Verbs

  • (v) move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
  • (v) 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
    carry,
  • (v) hold spellbound enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, delight,
  • (v) transport commercially ship, send,
  • (v) send from one person or place to another
    • transmit a message
    channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transfer,

Synonyms

conveyance carry shipping transportation enchant enrapture enthral enthrall ravish delight ecstasy exaltation rapture raptus ship send tape drive tape transport channel channelise channelize transmit transfer transferral

Antonyms

disenchant disillusion

See also

forward send on despatch dispatch send off

Words of close approximity

transpose
transportable transportation transportation company Transportation Secretary Transportation Security Administration transportation system transporter transport ship