English > transport: 11 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | Something that serves as a means of transportation. |
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| Synonym | conveyance |
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| Narrower | dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects |
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| dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted |
| horsebox | A conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting / transporting racehorses |
| litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers |
| mail | A conveyance that transports / transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system |
| public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail / mail or freight |
| roll-on roll-off | A method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination |
| shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry |
| sidecar | conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle |
| ski tow, ski lift, lift | A powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill |
| telpher, telfer | One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage |
| trailer | A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor |
| tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway | A conveyance that transports / transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
| vehicle | A conveyance that transports people or objects |
| Broader | instrumentality, instrumentation | An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end |
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| Spanish | medio de transporte, medio, transporte |
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| Catalan | mitjà de transport, transport, vehicle |
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| Verbs | transport | send from one person or place to another |
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| transport | move something or somebody around |
English > transport: 11 senses > noun 6, act| Meaning | The act of moving something from one location to another. |
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| Synonyms | transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance |
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| Parts | pickup | The act of taking aboard passengers or freight |
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| Narrower | airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
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| carry | The act of carrying something |
| connection, connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
| delivery, bringing | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
| drive | The act of driving a herd of animals overland |
| lighterage | The transportation of goods on a lighter |
| resettlement, relocation | The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) |
| teleportation | A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation |
| transshipment | The transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment |
| Broader | movement | The act of changing the location of something |
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| Spanish | transferencia, transporte |
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| Catalan | transferència, transport |
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| Verbs | transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body |
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English > transport: 11 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonym | carry |
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| Narrower | bear | Move while holding up or supporting |
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| bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
| bucket | carry in a bucket |
| cart | transport something in a cart |
| chariot | transport in a chariot / chariot |
| drive, motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle |
| fly | transport by aeroplane |
| haul | transport in a vehicle |
| lug, tote, tug | carry with difficulty |
| pack | carry, as on one's back |
| pipe in | Transport to a destiny through pipes |
| port | carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons |
| port | carry, bear, convey, or bring |
| porter | carry luggage or supplies |
| return | make a return |
| shoulder | carry a burden, either real or metaphoric |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Similar to | carry | Pass on a communication |
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| carry | propel or give impetus to |
| Spanish | cargar, efectuar, llevar, portar, transportar |
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| Catalan | carregar, efectuar, portar, transportar |
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| Nouns | transportation, transport | the act of moving something from one location to another |
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| transporter | a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |
| transporter | a long truck for carrying motor vehicles |
English > transport: 11 senses > verb 4, motion| Meaning | transport commercially. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | send, ship |
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| Narrower | barge | transport by barge on a body of water |
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| dispatch, despatch, send off | Send away towards a designated goal |
| forward, send on | Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit |
| railroad | transport by railroad |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | despachar, embarcar, enviar, expedir, mandar, transportar |
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| Catalan | embarcar, enviar, expedir, trametre, transportar |
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| Nouns | transportation, transport | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
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English > transport: 11 senses > verb 5, contact| Meaning | Send from one person or place to another. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | transmit, transfer, channel, channelize, channelise |
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| Narrower | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
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| project | transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another |
| propagate | transmit |
| send, send out | To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place |
| translate | Bring to a certain spiritual state |
| turn, release | Let (something) fall or spill from a container |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | canalizar, conducir, encauzar, transferir, transmitir, transportar |
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| Catalan | canalitzar, transferir, transportar |
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| Nouns | transport | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
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| transport | something that serves as a means of transportation |
