transport

Formstransports, transporting, transported

Pluraltransports (some meanings)

1. 1
   to carryverbtransitive

   To move people or things from one place to another.

   Like carrying your books from home to school in a backpack.

   Big trucks transport food to stores all over the country.

   Workers transported the heavy boxes onto the ship.

   UsageThings are transported to a place, often by truck, by train, or by ship.

   Similarcarry, convey, move, ship, haul

2. 2
   conveyancenoununcountable

   The act of moving people or things from one place to another.

   Like the trip a package makes from the store to your front door.

   The transport of the goods took three days.

   Safe transport of the animals was the farmer's main worry.

   UsageSay the transport of goods or animals.

   Similartransportation, conveyance, carriage, shipping, haulage

3. 3
   noununcountable

   The buses, trains, and other vehicles people use to get around an area.

   Like all the buses and trains working together to move people around town.

   Public transport in the city runs late into the night.

   Public transport in this city is cheap and fast.

   UsageOften public transport. Americans more often say public transportation.

   Similartransportation, transit

4. 4
   carrier vehiclenouncountable

   A ship, plane, or truck that carries people or goods.

   Like a big bus, but built to carry soldiers or supplies instead.

   The army loaded soldiers onto a huge transport before dawn.

   A transport carrying mail crossed the channel each night.

   Similarcarrier, transporter

5. 5
   feel elsewhereverbtransitive

   To make someone feel taken to another place, time, or situation, for example by a song or a smell.

   Good books can transport you to faraway lands.

   The smell of fresh bread transported me back to my grandma's kitchen.

   UsageSay transport someone to or back to a place or time.

   Similartake, carry

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