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port
pɔːt Listen
Meanings
noun
  • a town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.
    E.g. the French port of Toulon
noun
  • a strong, sweet dark red (occasionally brown or white) fortified wine, originally from Portugal, typically drunk as a dessert wine.
    E.g. they settled down to a final glass of port
noun
  • the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when one is facing forward.
    E.g. the ferry was listing to port
verb
  • turn (a ship or its helm) to port.
    E.g. the yacht immediately raised all sail and ported her helm
noun
  • an opening in the side of a ship for boarding or loading.
  • a socket in a computer network into which a device can be plugged.
    E.g. a communications port for optional cellular and other wireless modules
  • a gate or gateway, especially into a walled city.
verb
  • transfer (software) from one system or machine to another.
    E.g. the software can be ported to practically any platform
  • carry or convey.
    E.g. we ported the milk cans from the plentiful water supply of the gym
noun
  • the position required by an order to port a weapon.
    E.g. Parker had his rifle at the port
  • a person's carriage or bearing.
    E.g. she has the proud port of a princess
  • a transfer of software from one system or machine to another.
    E.g. the first port of a commercial database to this operating system
noun
  • a suitcase or travelling bag.
    E.g. she packed her ports and walked out

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