port

Speech parts

1. port - Noun

2. port - Adjective

3. port - Verb

5. port - Adjective Satellite

6. Port - Proper noun

Meaning

A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.

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.

A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.

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.

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.

To carry; to bear; to transport.

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.

The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.

The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

Port.

Synonyms

larboard port wine interface harbor wharf quay seaport anchorage marina harbour haven pier porthole left carry
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Antonyms

starboard dexter right due attack direct
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Hypernyms

side change land turn opening transport

Hyponyms

harbor seaport harbour haven entrepot SCSI

Phrases with the word

at the high port spanish port Port Ellen Port Chicago Port Macquarie funnel-web spider Port Jervis

Derivatives

ported porting

Anagrams

Prot torp

Examples

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Seneca

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. Thomas Aquinas

Any port in a storm. English Proverb

Any port in a storm. Italian Proverb

Fresh port and new wine, send a Christian to the churchyard. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Porson Porson's law Porsonian Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Enfield port admiral