port
noun
- place on a coast or harbor where ships can land
- communications endpoint in a computer's host operating system
- left side of a vessel in direction of travel
- pair of terminals connecting an electrical network or circuit to an external circuit, a point of entry or exit for electrical energy
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L18182 on Wikidata ↗verb
- carry, bear, transport
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɔːt/ / /pɔɹt/ / /po(ː)ɹt/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.
- Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
“on the port side”
name
Etymology: Shortened form of Portugal
- Portugal, used on maps to indicate territories or possessions
noun
Etymology: Clipping of portfolio.
- The portfolio of a model or artist.
“This is a logical way to order your work, but use it only if you're confident the first piece in your port is a strong one. Also note that this style of arrangement works best if all the pieces are in the same category.”
verb
Etymology: From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.
- To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
“Dauid in this Pſalme doth exhoꝛt, to pꝛayſe the Loꝛde alwayes: Foꝛ that he did vs make and poꝛt, and guydes vs all our dayes.”
“What one may call River or Freſh-water-Coale, digged out in this Country, at ſuch a diſtance from Severne, that they are eaſily ported by Boat into other Shires.”
- 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.
“Port arms!”
“[…] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.”
- To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
“By its tenth week of release, CPH was the best-selling PC game in America. PlayStation and Xbox ports were already in the works, and there was talk of porting it to Nintendo.”
- To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
“If you submit a request to port a number, and you list the name on the account as Bob Smith, but your local carrier has the number listed under your wife's name Mary Mahoney, the porting request is rejected.”
- To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.