unport
US/ʌnˈpoɹt/
unport verb: to flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
Verb
unport (third-person singular simple present unports, present participle unporting, simple past and past participle unported)
- To flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
- To cause (a liquid such as fuel or oil) to flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
- Further, the apparent difficulties with the left engine could be explained by unporting of whatever fuel remained in the left tank. Conditions would have been conducive to unporting if, for example, the airplane was in a left bank and in a nose-right sideslip following the loss of the right engine...2002 August 26, National Transportation Safety Board, Crash of Executive Airlines Jetstream 3101, Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2000, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021, Engine...
Forms of unport
| third-person singular present | unports |
|---|---|
| present participle | unporting |
| past participle | unported |
| past | unported |
Origin of unport
From un- + port.
Questions about unport
- What does unport mean?
- Unport means to flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
- What part of speech is unport?
- Unport is a verb.
- How do you pronounce unport?
- Unport is pronounced /ʌnˈpoɹt/ (US).
- What is the past tense of unport?
- The past tense of unport is unported.
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