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port

UK /pɔːt/US /poɹt/

noun21

  1. a place at the edge of the sea where ships stay safely and where people and goods get on and off
  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
  4. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  5. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
  6. A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
  7. The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing forward. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  8. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
  9. An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
  10. An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
  11. A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
  12. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
  13. (Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
  14. (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist or investor.
  15. The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
  16. A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
  17. A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
  18. A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
  19. A suitcase or schoolbag.
  20. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  21. (no longer used) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.

verb7

  1. To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
  2. To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
  3. To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
  4. (US) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
  5. To dock at a port.
  6. To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
  7. To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.

adjective1

  1. Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
forms

ported · porting · ports

Phrases with port

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