English noun: transport | |||
1. | transport (artifact) something that serves as a means of transportation | ||
Synonyms | conveyance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | instrumentality, instrumentation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aerial tramway, cable tramway, cargo ships, dolly, dolly, horsebox, lift, litter, mail, merchant marine, merchant vessels, public transport, roll-on roll-off, ropeway, shipping, sidecar, ski lift, ski tow, telfer, telpher, trailer, tram, tramway, vehicle | ||
2. | transport (process) an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diffusion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | active transport, passive transport | ||
3. | transport (act) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | ||
Synonyms | shipping, transportation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air transport, air transportation, express, expressage, ferry, ferrying, freight, freightage, hauling, navigation, truckage, trucking | ||
Part meronym | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
Domain category members | off-line, on-line, online | ||
4. | transport (state) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | ||
Samples | Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture. | ||
Synonyms | ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, raptus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | emotional state, spirit | ||
5. | transport (artifact) a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder | ||
Synonyms | tape drive, tape transport | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mechanism | ||
Part meronym | tape deck, tape machine, tape recorder | ||
6. | transport (act) the act of moving something from one location to another | ||
Synonyms | conveyance, transfer, transferral, transportation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | movement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | airlift, bringing, carry, connection, connexion, delivery, drive, lift, lighterage, relocation, resettlement, teleportation, transshipment | ||
Part holonym | pickup | ||
English verb: transport | |||
1. | transport (motion) move something or somebody around; usually over long distances | ||
Examples | They transport the parcel to their parents | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | advect, bus, carry over, ferry, float, freight, lighter, pick up, pipe, raft, rail, sledge, sluice, teleport, truck, wheel, wheel around, wheelbarrow | ||
2. | transport (contact) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | carry | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bear, bring, bucket, cart, chariot, convey, fly, haul, lug, pack, pipe in, port, port, porter, return, shoulder, take, tote, tug | ||
Verb group | carry, carry | ||
3. | transport (emotion) hold spellbound | ||
Examples | The good news will transport her, The performance is likely to transport Sue | ||
Synonyms | delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | delight, please | ||
Antonyms | disenchant, disillusion | ||
4. | transport (motion) transport commercially | ||
Synonyms | send, ship | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barge, despatch, dispatch, forward, railroad, send off, send on | ||
5. | transport (contact) send from one person or place to another | ||
Samples | Transmit a message. | ||
Synonyms | channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bring, convey, fetch, get, project, propagate, release, send, send out, translate, turn | ||