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transport

noun

Meaning

  • An act of transporting; conveyance.

    "The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website."

  • The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

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

  • A tractor-trailer.

  • 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."

  • A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.

  • A deported convict.

Synonyms

conveyance,
ferry,
moving,
relocation,
shifting,
shipping,
deportee,
exile,
expatriate,
rapture,
public transport

verb

Meaning

  • To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

    "to transport goods; to transport troops"

  • To deport to a penal colony.

  • To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.

    "Music transports the soul."

Synonyms

convey,
ferry,
move,
relocate,
shift,
ship,
banish,
deport,
exile,
expatriate,
extradite,
carry away,
enrapture