Etymology : Middle English, from Old English and Old French, from Latin portus; more at FORD
Pronunciation : pOrt, port
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. entry point for goods or passengers; city with a port; left-hand side (in ships or airplanes); interface for connecting external devices to a computer (Computers); transfer of a program from one platform to another (Computers). type of red sweet wine. turn to the left (in a ship or airplane); hold a weapon. port\port\, n. [as. port, l. portus: cf. f. port. see:
farm, v., ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h port.].
2. a place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. used also figuratively. peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. we are in port if we have thee.
3. in law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
4. A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal.
5. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
6. A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven.
7. Used also figuratively.
8. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
9. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
10. An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.
11. A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.
12. To carry; to bear; to transport.
13. To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
14. The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.
15. The larboard or left side of a ship ; as, a vessel heels to port.
16. See Note under Larboard.
17. Also used adjectively.
18. To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm. an opening for firing through sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal a place where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting" land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night" put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm" transfer data from one computer to another via a cable that links connecting ports located on the left side of a ship or aircraft A young hog; a pig.
19. A pig; a porket.
20. The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree of Florida and the West Indies.
21. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.
22. Lascivious; licentious.
23. Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.
24. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
25. A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
26. The quality or state of.
27. port. ,-tu comp. port.
28. 1. A port is a town by the sea or on a river, which has a harbour. Port-Louis is an attractive little fishing port. the Mediterranean port of Marseilles.
29. A port is a harbour area where ships load and unload goods or passengers. the bridges which link the port area to the city centre.
30. A port on a computer is a place where you can attach another piece of equipment, for example a printer.
31. In sailing, the port side of a ship is the left side when you are on it and facing towards the front. Her official number is carved on the port side of the forecabin. ¡Ù starboard Port is also a noun. USS Ogden turned to port. ¡Ù starboard.
32. Port is a type of strong, sweet red wine. He asked for a glass of port after dinner. To turn (a craft) or make a shift to the port side: port the helm; ported sharply to avoid a shoal. A rich sweet fortified wine. to move software from one computer system to another port sth from/to sth. Input/output conduit for personal computers. The serial port was created as an interface between data terminal equipment and data-communications equipment. It processes data sequentially, as a series of bits, and is used to connect equipment (e.g., a modem or mouse) to the computer. The parallel port processes several data bits in parallel and is used to connect peripherals such as computer printers and optical scanners to the computer. The parallel port is faster, but the serial port is cheaper and requires less power. See also USB. Sweet, fortified wine of rich taste and aroma made in Portugal. The name derives from Porto, the town where it is traditionally aged and bottled. Most port is red, but lesser amounts of tawny and white are produced. Peculiar to the manufacture of port is a large dose of brandy given to the still-fermenting liquid (called must). Much time, often decades, is needed for the maturing of fine ports. Port Arthur Port de France Port Blair Port Jackson Port Louis Port Moresby Port of Spain Port Said Port au Prince Port Vila Cinque Ports.
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