transport

Definition

  • verb: to carry (someone or something) from one place to another
  • verb: to 'transfer' or convey from one place to another
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: banish, transportation, carriage

Examples

  • The news sent them into 'transports' of joy. [=the news made them extremely happy]

  • The illness was first 'transported' across the ocean by European explorers.

  • A van at the hotel 'transports' guests to and from the airport.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You can see the appeal. Should the Death Eaters come knocking, one simply have to slip inside and disappear for an hour or two. It transports you practically anywhere. Tricky contraptions, though. Very temperamental. What happened to it? The one (..)
    2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince