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port noun [ pɔːt ]

• a town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.
• "the French port of Toulon"
Similar: seaport, port city/town, entrepôt,
Origin: Old English, from Latin portus ‘haven, harbour’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French.

port noun

• a strong, sweet dark red (occasionally brown or white) fortified wine, originally from Portugal, typically drunk as a dessert wine.
• "they settled down to a final glass of port"
Origin: early 17th century: shortened form of Porto, a major port from which the wine is shipped.

port noun

• the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when one is facing forward.
• "the ferry was listing to port"

port verb

• turn (a ship or its helm) to port.
• "the yacht immediately raised all sail and ported her helm"
Origin: mid 16th century: probably originally the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading.

port noun

• an opening in the side of a ship for boarding or loading.
• a socket in a computer network into which a device can be plugged.
• "a communications port for optional cellular and other wireless modules"
• a gate or gateway, especially into a walled city.
Origin: Old English (in the sense ‘gateway’), from Latin porta ‘gate’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French porte . The later sense ‘opening in the side of a ship’ led to the general sense ‘aperture’.

port verb

• transfer (software) from one system or machine to another.
• "the software can be ported to practically any platform"
• carry or convey.
• "we ported the milk cans from the plentiful water supply of the gym"

port noun

• the position required by an order to port a weapon.
• "Parker had his rifle at the port"
• a person's carriage or bearing.
• "she has the proud port of a princess"
• a transfer of software from one system or machine to another.
• "the first port of a commercial database to this operating system"
Origin: Middle English (in port5 (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French port ‘bearing, gait’, from the verb porter, from Latin portare ‘carry’. The verb (from French porter ) dates from the mid 16th century.

port noun

• a suitcase or travelling bag.
• "she packed her ports and walked out"
Origin: early 20th century: abbreviation of portmanteau.

any port in a storm

• in adverse circumstances one welcomes any source of relief or escape.
"Dora's eye fell on him—any port in a storm"

port of entry

• a harbour or airport where customs officers are stationed to oversee people and goods entering or leaving a country.


at port arms

• in the position adopted when given a command to port one's weapon.
"the men lined up in full fig, with shields up, helmet masks down, and batons at port arms"



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