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.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     peering in maps for ports and piers and roads

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     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, a port city.
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.

Adjective

port (not comparable)

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

   on the port side

Verb

port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)

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!

Translations

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 […] .

   • 1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V.vi:

     Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd

   • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:

     And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour

2. 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.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sir W. Raleigh, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]

3. (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
5. (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
6. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

Verb

port (third-person singular simple present ports, present participle porting, simple past and past participle ported)

1. To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England:

     They are easily ported by boat into other shires.

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!

   • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, book IV:

     […] the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears.

3. (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
4. (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
5. (governmental jargon, United States) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

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., Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in Canterbury Tales, line 69:

     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 […]

   • (Can we date this quote?), South, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     the 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.

Noun

port (countable and uncountable, plural ports)

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

Noun

port (plural ports)

1. (Australia, Queensland, northern New South Wales and elsewhere, colloquial) A suitcase, particularly a schoolbag.
   • 1964, George Johnston, My Brother Jack:

     No, she just paid up proper-like t' the end of the week, an' orf she went with 'er port, down t' the station, I suppose.

   • 2001, Sally de Dear, The House on Pig Island‎, page 8:

     As they left the classroom, Jennifer pointed at the shelves lining the veranda. “Put your port in there.”
     “What?” asked Penny.
     “Your port - your school bag, silly. It goes in there.”

Noun

port m (plural ports)

1. port, harbour

Noun

port m (plural ports)

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Inflection

Noun

port m, n (plural porten)

1. postage

Noun

port m (uncountable, diminutive portje n)

1. (a glass of) port, port wine, Porto

Verb

port

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of porren
2. (archaic) plural imperative of porren

Noun

port m (plural ports)

1. port, harbour
2. port, harbour city
3. refuge
4. transport
5. postage
6. stature, way of carrying oneself

Noun

port m (plural ports)

1. wearing (act of wearing something)

Noun

port (plural portok)

1. (computing) port

Noun

port

1. accusative singular of por

Declension

Synonyms

• (gate): hlið

Noun

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

1. (music) tune
   • Is buaine port ná glór na n-éan; is buaine focal ná toice an tsaoil.

     A tune is more lasting than the song of birds; a word is more lasting than the wealth of the world.

2. jig (dance)

Noun

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

1. landing-place
2. harbor, port
3. bank (of river, etc.)
4. mound, embankment
5. refuge, haven, resort
6. stopping-place
7. place, locality
8. fortified place, stronghold
9. occupied place, seat, center

Synonyms

• caûchie
• hâvre

Noun

port m

1. a port, a haven (a harbour or harbor-town)
2. a town, particularly one with special trading privileges

References

• “port” on pages 776–777 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)

Noun

port m

1. portal (a door or gate, an entrance)

References

• “port” on page 777/1 of the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)

Descendants

• French: port

Declension

Derived terms

• portowy

Noun

port n (plural porturi)

1. port (town with port)

Verb

port

1. first-person singular present indicative of purta.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of purta.

Noun

port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

1. tune

Synonyms

• fonn
• mànran

Noun

port m (genitive singular puirt, plural puirt or portan)

1. port, harbour

Declension

Related terms

Declension