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Webster 1913 Edition

Port

Port

,
Noun.
[From
Oporto
, in Portugal, i. e.,
[GREEK] porto
the port, L.
portus
. See
Port
harbor.]
A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

Port

,
Noun.
[AS.
port
, L.
portus
: cf. F.
port
. See
Farm
,
Verb.
,
Ford
, and 1st, 3d, & 4h
Port
.]
1.
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.
Shakespeare
We are in
port
if we have Thee.
Keble.
2.
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.
Free port
.
See under
Free
.
–
Port bar
.
(Naut,)
(a)
A boom
. See
Boom
, 4, also
Bar
, 3.
(b)
A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.
–
Port charges
(Com.)
,
charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.
–
Port of entry
,
a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise.
–
Port toll
(Law)
,
a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port.
–
Port warden
,
the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.

Port

,
Noun.
[F.
porte
, L.
porta
, akin to
portus
; cf. AS.
porte
, fr. L.
porta
. See
Port
a harbor, and cf.
Porte
.]
1.
A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
[Archaic]
Him I accuse
The city
ports
by this hath entered.
Shakespeare
Form their ivory
port
the cherubim
Forth issuing.
Milton.
2.
(Naut.)
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.
Her
ports
being within sixteen inches of the water.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
(Mach.)
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.
Air port
,
Bridle port
,
etc. See under
Air
,
Bridle
, etc.
–
Port bar
(Naut.)
,
a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale.
–
Port lid
(Naut.)
,
a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel.
–
Steam port
, and
Exhaust port
(Steam Engine)
,
the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.

Port

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ported
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Porting
.]
[F.
porter
, L.
portare
to carry. See
Port
demeanor.]
1.
To carry; to bear; to transport.
[Obs.]
They are easily
ported
by boat into other shires.
Fuller.
2.
(Mil.)
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
.
Began to hem him round with
ported
spears.
Milton.
Port arms
,
a position in the manual of arms, executed as above.

Port

,
Noun.
[F.
port
, fr.
porter
to carry, L.
portare
, prob. akin to E.
fare
, v. See
Port
harbor, and cf.
Comport
,
Export
,
Sport
.]
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living;
as, a proud
port
.
[archaic]
Spenser.
And of his
port
as meek as is a maid.
Chaucer.
The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable
port
in the world.
South.

Port

,
Noun.
[Etymology uncertain.]
(Naut.)
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.

Port

,
Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Port

PORT

,
Noun.
[L. portus, porto, to carry; L. fero; Eng. to bear.]
1.
A harbor; a haven; any bay,cove, inlet or recess of the sea or of a lake or the mouth of a river, which ships or vessels can enter, and where they can lie safe from injury by storms. Ports may be natural or artificial, and sometimes works of art, as piers and moles, are added to the natural shores of a place to render a harbor more safe. The word port is generally applied to spacious harbors much resorted to be ships, as the port of London or of Boston, and not to small bays or coves which are entered occasionally, or in stress of weather only. Harbor includes all places of safety for shipping.
2.
A gate. [L. porta.]
From their ivory port the cherubim
Forth issued.
3.
An embrasure or opening in the side of a ship of war, through which cannon are discharged; a port-hole.
4.
The lid which shuts a port-hole.
5.
Carriage; air; mien; manner of movement or walk; demeanor; external appearance; as a proud port; the port of a gentleman.
Their port was more than human.
With more terrific port
Thou walkest.
6.
In seamen's language,the larboard or left side of a ship; as in the phrase,'the ship heels to port.' 'Port the helm,' is an order to put the helm to the larboard side.
7.
A kind of wine made in Portugal; so called from Oporto.
of the voice, in music, the faculty or habit of making the shakes, passages and diminutions, in which the beauty of a song consists.

PORT

,
Verb.
T.
To carry in form; as ported spears.
1.
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship. See the noun, No.6. It is used in the imperative.

Definition 2024

Port

Port

See also: port, PORT, pórt, port., and Port.

German

Noun

Port m ‎(genitive Ports, plural Ports)

  1. (computer hardware, networking) port

Declension

port

port

See also: Port, PORT, pórt, port., and Port.

English

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 title of the work):
      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.
Synonyms
  • (place where ships dock): harbour, haven
  • (town or city containing such a place): harbour city, harbour town, port city
  • (left-hand side of a vessel): larboard, left
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

port ‎(not comparable)

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

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

Etymology 2

From Latin porta ‎(“passage, gate”), reinforced in Middle English, from Old French porte.

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 title of the work):
      […] 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.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old French porter, from Latin portare ‎(“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) 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.
Derived terms
Translations

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 title of the work):
      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.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 4

Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

Noun

port ‎(plural ports)

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

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of portmanteau.

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.”

Albanian

Noun

port m (indefinite plural porte, definite singular porti, definite plural portet)

  1. port, harbor

Catalan

Etymology 1

Latin

Noun

port m ‎(plural ports)

  1. port, harbour

Etymology 2

From portar

Noun

port m ‎(plural ports)

  1. wearing

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse port, portr, from Latin porta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /port/, [pʰoɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

port c (singular definite porten, plural indefinite porte)

  1. gate
  2. gateway

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French port.

Noun

port m, n ‎(plural porten)

  1. postage

Etymology 2

Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

Noun

port m ‎(uncountable, diminutive portje n)

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

Etymology 3

See porren.

Verb

port

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French port, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‎(“crossing”), from *per- ‎(“to go forth, to cross”).

Noun

port m ‎(plural ports)

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

Etymology 2

Deverbal of porter. Ultimately from the same source as etymology 1 above.

Noun

port m ‎(plural ports)

  1. wearing (act of wearing something)

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈport]
  • Hyphenation: port

Etymology 1

Noun

port ‎(plural portok)

  1. (computing) port
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative port portok
accusative portot portokat
dative portnak portoknak
instrumental porttal portokkal
causal-final portért portokért
translative porttá portokká
terminative portig portokig
essive-formal portként portokként
essive-modal — —
inessive portban portokban
superessive porton portokon
adessive portnál portoknál
illative portba portokba
sublative portra portokra
allative porthoz portokhoz
elative portból portokból
delative portról portokról
ablative porttól portoktól
Possessive forms of port
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. portom portjaim
2nd person sing. portod portjaid
3rd person sing. portja portjai
1st person plural portunk portjaink
2nd person plural portotok portjaitok
3rd person plural portjuk portjaik

Etymology 2

por +‎ -t

Noun

port

  1. accusative singular of por

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

Noun

port n ‎(genitive singular ports, nominative plural port)

  1. gate, gateway, entryway

Declension

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish port ‎(“tune, melody”).

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)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish port ‎(“bank, shore (of river or sea); landing-place, haven; bank, mound, entrenchment; place, spot, locality; stead, abode; stronghold, fortress”), from Latin portus ‎(“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).

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
Declension
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
port phort bport
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "port" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

port m ‎(plural porc)

  1. port, harbour

Norman

Etymology

From Latin portus ‎(“port, harbour”).

Noun

port m ‎(plural ports)

  1. (Jersey) harbour, port

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, from Latin porta f.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʈ/
  • Rhymes: -uʈ

Noun

port m ‎(definite singular porten, indefinite plural porter, definite plural portene)

  1. a gate
  2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred).
  3. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, from Latin porta f.

Noun

port m ‎(definite singular porten, indefinite plural portar, definite plural portane)

  1. a gate
  2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred).
  3. (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

References

Old English

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

port m

  1. portal: a door or gate.
  2. port: a harbor or harbor-town, (chiefly) with special trading privileges.

Derived terms

  • port-ġerēfa

Old French

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔrt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

port m ‎(oblique plural porz or portz, nominative singular porz or portz, nominative plural port)

  1. port (for watercraft)
    • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      As porz d'Espaigne en est passet Rollant
      Roland went to the ports of Spain

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔrt/

Noun

port m inan

  1. port, harbour (area for ships)
  2. port, a town or city containing such a place

Declension

Derived terms

  • portowy

Romanian

Etymology 1

From French port, Italian porto, Latin portus.

Noun

port n ‎(plural porturi)

  1. port (town with port)
Declension
Related terms
  • portuar
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

port

  1. first-person singular present tense form of purta.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of purta.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish port ‎(“tune, melody”).

Noun

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

  1. tune

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish port ‎(“bank, shore (of river or sea); landing-place, haven; bank, mound, entrenchment; place, spot, locality; stead, abode; stronghold, fortress”), from Latin portus ‎(“harbour, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat”).

Noun

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

  1. port, harbour
Synonyms
Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
port phort
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “1 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 port” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Etymology

From late Old Norse port n, portr m, from Latin porta f. Computing sense loan-translation from English.

Pronunciation

Noun

port c

  1. an entrance (into a building), a gate, a portal, a door, a doorway
  2. (computing) a port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

Declension

Inflection of port 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative port porten portar portarna
Genitive ports portens portars portarnas

Related terms

See also

References

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from English port.

Noun

port ‎(definite accusative portu, plural portlar)

  1. (computer hardware, networking) port

Declension

Etymology

The old port of Dubrovnik

From Old English port, from Latin portus ‎(“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‎(“crossing”) (and thus distantly cognate with ford).

Pronunciation

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