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Port

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Port has 5 senses

Adjective Port has 1 sense

Verb Port has 8 senses

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CIDE DICTIONARY
Port, n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., porto the port, L. portus. See Port harbor.].
     A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.  [1913 Webster]
Port, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h Port.].
  •  A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.  [1913 Webster]
    "Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads."  [1913 Webster]
    "We are in port if we have Thee."  [1913 Webster]
  •  In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.  [1913 Webster]
Free port. See under Free. -- Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port. -- Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. -- Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. -- Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. -- Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.
Port, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.].
  •  A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.  [1913 Webster]
    "Him I accuse
    The city ports by this hath entered.    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Form their ivory port the cherubim
    Forth issuing.    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.  [1913 Webster]
    "Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.  [1913 Webster]
Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc. -- Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale. -- Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel. -- Steam port, Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.
Port, v. t. [F. porter, L. portare to carry. See Port demeanor.].
  •  To carry; to bear; to transport.  [1913 Webster]
    "They are easily ported by boat into other shires."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.  [1913 Webster]
    "Began to hem him round with ported spears."  [1913 Webster]
Port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed as above.
Port, n. [F. port, fr. porter to carry, L. portare, prob. akin to E. fare, v. See Port harbor, and cf. Comport, Export, Sport.].
     The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
    "And of his port as meek as is a maid."  [1913 Webster]
    "The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world."  [1913 Webster]
Port, n. [Etymology uncertain.].
     The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.  [1913 Webster]
Port, v. t. 
     To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Port, n.
1 a harbour.
2 a place of refuge.
3 a town or place possessing a harbour, esp. one where customs officers are stationed.

Idiom
port of call a place where a ship or a person stops on a journey. Port of London Authority the corporate body controlling the London harbour and docks.
Port, n. (in full port wine) a strong, sweet, dark-red (occas. brown or white) fortified wine of Portugal.

Port, n. & v.
--n. the left-hand side (looking forward) of a ship, boat, or aircraft (cf. STARBOARD).
--v.tr. (also absol.) turn (the helm) to port.

Idiom
port tack see TACK(1) 4. port watch see WATCH n. 3b.
Port, n.
1 a an opening in the side of a ship for entrance, loading, etc. b a porthole.
2 an aperture for the passage of steam, water, etc.
3 Electr. a socket or aperture in an electronic circuit, esp. in a computer network, where connections can be made with peripheral equipment.
4 an aperture in a wall etc. for a gun to be fired through.
5 esp. Sc. a gate or gateway, esp. of a walled town.

Port, v. & n.
--v.tr. Mil. carry (a rifle, or other weapon) diagonally across and close to the body with the barrel etc. near the left shoulder (esp. port arms!).
--n.
1 Mil. this position.
2 external deportment; carriage; bearing.

Port, n. Austral.
1 a suitcase or travelling bag.
2 a shopping bag, sugar bag, etc.

Etymology
abbr. of PORTMANTEAU
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THESAURUS

Port

Gospel side, action, actions, activity, acts, address, aerodrome, affectation, air, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, anchorage, anchorage ground, aport, asylum, avenue, basin, bay, bay window, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, berth, bird sanctuary, blowhole, bourn, bow window, breakwater, brow, bulkhead, cantorial side, carriage, casement, casement window, cast, cast of countenance, channel, chuck, chute, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, counterclockwise, cover, covert, culture pattern, custom, debouch, demeanor, deportment, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, doing, doings, door, dry dock, egress, embankment, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, face, facial appearance, fan window, fanlight, favor, feature, features, field, floodgate, flume, folkway, forest preserve, game preserve, game sanctuary, garb, gestures, goal, goings-on, grille, groin, guise, harbor, harbor of refuge, harborage, haven, heliport, island, jetty, jutty, lancet window, landing, landing field, landing place, landing stage, lantern, larboard, last stop, lattice, left, left hand, left wing, left-hand, left-hand side, left-wing, left-winger, left-wingish, leftward, leftwardly, leftwards, levorotatory, liberal, light, lineaments, lines, looks, loophole, louver window, maintien, manner, manners, marina, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, mole, mooring, moorings, motions, movements, moves, near, near side, nigh, observable behavior, on the left, opening, oriel, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pane, pattern, physiognomy, picture window, pier, poise, pore, port tack, porthole, portside, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, preserve, procedure, proceeding, protected anchorage, quay, radical, refuge, retreat, riding, road, roads, roadstead, rose window, safe haven, safehold, sally port, sanctuary, seaport, seawall, set, shipyard, sinister, sinistrad, sinistral, sinistrally, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, skylight, slip, sluice, snug harbor, social science, spiracle, spout, stance, stop, stopping place, stronghold, style, tactics, tap, terminal, terminal point, terminus, to the left, tone, traits, transom, turn, vent, ventage, venthole, verso, visage, vomitory, way, way of life, way out, ways, weir, wharf, wicket, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane, wrong side
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Port

Refuge

N refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness, acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute, almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum, roadstead, anchorage, breakwater, mole, port, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, seaport, pier, jetty, embankment, quay, covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella, barrier, dashboard, dasher, wall, fort, anchor, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, sheet anchor, killick, mainstay, support, cheek, ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve, safety lamp, lightning rod, lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape, lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket, parachute, plank, steppingstone, emergency landing, safeguard, any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus.

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Sinistrality

N sinistrality, left, left hand, a gauche, sinister, nearside, larboard, port, left-handed, sinister, sinistral, sinistrorsal, sinistrorse, sinistrous, laevo-, sinistrally, sinistrously.

Motion

N motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Arrival

N arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.

Appearance

N appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

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