transport

Verb

transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)

1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
   • to transport goods; to transport troops
   • But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53

   Synonyms:

   convey, ferry, move, relocate, shift, ship

2. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.

   Synonyms:

   banish

3. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
   • Music transports the soul.
   • Thes. Pray you kneele not,
     I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd
     Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes
     Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting
     As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em.1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1

   Synonyms:

   carry away, enrapture

Noun

UK/ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/US/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/

transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)

1. An act of transporting; conveyance.
   • The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website.

   Synonyms:

   conveyance, ferrying, moving, relocation, shifting, shipping

2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
   • In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats.1919, Elisabeth P. Stork (translator), Heidi, Johanna Spyri, page 53

   Synonyms:

   rapture

3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

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4. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
5. 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. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.

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7. (historical) A deported convict.

   Synonyms:

   deportee