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

  • (..) get inside, you'll disable it... then you'll beam back to the ship. Mr. Spock, I'm leaving you in command of the Enterprise. Once we have transport capability and communication back up you'll contact Starfleet and report what the hell's going on here. And if all else fails, fall back... (..)
    2009 Star Trek
  • (..) - You call this a favor? - Yeah, you owe me one. Kirk, James T. He is not cleared for duty aboard the Enterprise. Medical code states the treatment and transport of a patient is... to be determined at the discretion of his attending physician. Which is me. So I'm taking Mr. Kirk aboard. (..)
    2009 Star Trek