Transport - Definition

n 1: something that serves as a means of transportation [syn:
conveyance, transport]
2: an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and
momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a
fluid or across cell membranes
3: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn:
transportation, shipping, transport]
4: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport,
exaltation, raptus]
5: a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the
read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder [syn: tape
drive, tape transport, transport]
6: the act of moving something from one location to another
[syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
transferral, conveyance]
v 1: move something or somebody around; usually over long
distances
2: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands
or on one's body; "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:
transport, carry]
3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion]
4: transport commercially [syn: transport, send, ship]
5: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]