• Port

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /poəɹt/, /pɔːɹt/, /pɔːt/
    • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

    Origin 1

    File:Dubrovnik-port.jpg|right|thumb|The old port of

    From Old English port, from Latin portus ("port, harbour"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus ("crossing") (and thus distantly cognate with ford).

    Full definition of port

    Noun

    port

    (plural ports)
    1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
      • Shakespearepeering in maps for ports and piers and roads
      • 2013-06-08, The new masters and commanders, From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
    2. A town or city containing such a place.
    3. (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.

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    Adjective

    port

    1. (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.on the port side

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    1. (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.Port your helm!

    Origin 2

    From Latin porta ("passage, gate"), reinforced in Middle English, from Old French porte.

    Noun

    port

    (plural ports)
    1. (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
      • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:Long were it to describe the goodly frame,
        And stately port of Castle Joyeous ....
    2. Him I accuse/The city ports by this hath enter'd — William Shakespeare, (1623),And from their ivory port the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour, — John Milton, (1667),
    3. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole....her ports being within sixteen inches of the water... — Walter Raleigh
    4. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
    5. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
    6. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
    7. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

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    Origin 3

    From Old French porter, from Latin portare ("carry"). Akin to transport, portable.

    Verb

    1. (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.They are easily ported by boat into other shires. — Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England
    2. (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays 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. — John Milton, (1667),
    3. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.
    4. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.

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    Noun

    port

    (plural ports)
    1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
    2. (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
      • late 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, , :And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:Those same with stately grace, and princely port
        She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace ...
      • Souththe necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world
    3. (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
    4. (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
    5. (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

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    Origin 4

    Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

    Noun

    port

    (plural ports)
    1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

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    Origin 5

    Abbreviation of portmanteau

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    port

    (plural ports)
    1. (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales, colloquial) A schoolbag or suitcase.
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