Definition of PORT

port

Meanings

Plural: ports

Noun

  • a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  • sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
  • an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
  • the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
  • (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
  • A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  • A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  • The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  • A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
  • An entryway or gate.
  • 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.
  • A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
  • A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  • An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
  • An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
  • A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
  • A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
  • Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  • The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  • 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.
  • A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
  • A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
  • A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
  • A suitcase or schoolbag.
  • The portfolio of a model or artist.

Verb

  • put or turn on the left side, of a ship
    • "port the helm"
  • bring to port
    • "the captain ported the ship at night"
  • land at or reach a port
    • "The ship finally ported"
  • turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
    • "The big ship was slowly porting"
  • carry, bear, convey, or bring
    • "The small canoe could be ported easily"
  • carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
    • "port a rifle"
  • drink port
    • "We were porting all in the club after dinner"
  • modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
  • To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
  • To dock at a port.
  • To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
  • To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies 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.
  • To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
  • To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
  • To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

Adjective Satellite

  • located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

Adj

  • Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

Origin / Etymology

From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.

Synonyms

backboard, embrasure, harbour, harbour city, harbour town, haven, interface, larboard, leeboard, left, port city, port wine, porthole, porto, Porto

Antonyms

starboard

Scrabble Score: 6

port is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
port is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
port is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

port is a valid Words With Friends word