transport
1. something that serves as a means of transportation (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
conveyance
• Hypernyms:
instrumentality, instrumentation
• Hyponyms:
dolly, horsebox, litter, mail, public transport,
roll-on roll-off, shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels, sidecar,
ski tow, ski lift, lift, telpher, telfer, trailer,
tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, vehicle
2. an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
diffusion
• Hyponyms:
active transport, passive transport
3. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
transportation, shipping
• Derivationally related forms:
ship (for: shipping), transport (for: transportation)
• Members of this Topic:
on-line, online, off-line
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Hyponyms:
air transportation, air transport, navigation, hauling, trucking,
trucking, freight, freightage, express, expressage,
ferry, ferrying
• Part Holonyms:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
4. a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
• Syn:
tape drive, tape transport
• Hypernyms:
mechanism
• Part Holonyms:
tape deck, tape recorder, tape machine
5. the act of moving something from one location to another
• Syn:
transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
• Derivationally related forms:
convey (for: conveyance), transfer (for: transferral), transfer (for: transfer), transport (for: transportation)
• Hypernyms:
movement
• Hyponyms:
transshipment, airlift, lift, connection, connexion,
delivery, bringing, drive, carry, lighterage, resettlement,
relocation, teleportation
• Part Meronyms:
pickup
6. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
• Syn:
ecstasy, rapture, exaltation, raptus
• Derivationally related forms:
exalt (for: exaltation), rapturous (for: rapture), ecstatic (for: ecstasy)
• Hypernyms:
emotional state, spirit
1. move something or somebody around;
usually over long distances (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
transportation, transporter
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
sluice, float, ferry, wheelbarrow, raft,
bus, pipe, freight, truck, rail, sledge,
sledge, pick up, wheel, wheel around, carry over,
advect, teleport
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They transport the parcel to their parents
2. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
carry
• Derivationally related forms:
carrier (for: carry), carry (for: carry), transportation, transporter
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
shoulder, port, bear, bucket, return,
pipe in, porter, pack, cart, fly, haul,
haul, tote, tug, chariot, bring,
convey, take
• Verb Group:
carry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. hold spellbound (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight
• Ant:
disenchant (for: enchant)
• Derivationally related forms:
ravishment (for: ravish), enthrallment (for: enthrall), enchantment (for: enchant)
• Hypernyms:
please, delight
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The good news will transport her
- The performance is likely to transport Sue
4. transport commercially
• Syn:
send, ship
• See Also:
send on (for: send), send off (for: send)
• Derivationally related forms:
shipment (for: ship), shipper (for: ship), shipping (for: ship), transportation
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
barge, railroad, dispatch, despatch, send off,
forward, send on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. send from one person or place to another
- transmit a message
• Syn:
transmit, transfer, channel, channelize, channelise
• Derivationally related forms:
channelisation (for: channelise), channelization (for: channelize), channel (for: channelize), channelization (for: channel), channelisation (for: channel), channel (for: channel), transfer (for: transfer), transferer (for: transfer), transferrer (for: transfer), transferral (for: transfer), transmission (for: transmit), transmitter (for: transmit), transmitting (for: transmit), transmittal (for: transmit)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
bring, get, convey, fetch, project,
propagate, translate, turn, release, send, send out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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