Meaning of port | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
2. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
   countable, uncountable
3. A suitcase or schoolbag.
4. The portfolio of a model or artist.
   informal
5. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
   countable, uncountable
6. port, harbour
7. An entryway or gate.
   Scotland, historical
8. Archaic form of Porto: a city in Portugal.
   alt-of, archaic
9. University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
10. Ellipsis of Port Adelaide Football Club.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
11. Ellipsis of Port Macquarie.
    New-South-Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
12. Portugal, used on maps to indicate territories or possessions
13. Abbreviation of Public Order Response Team.
    abbreviation, alt-of
14. The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
    archaic
15. ellipsis of puerto de montaña; mountain pass
16. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
    countable, uncountable
17. 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.
18. A surname.
19. 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.
20. 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.
    uncountable
21. 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.
22. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
23. A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
    countable, uncountable
24. A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
25. A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
26. An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
27. An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
28. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
29. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
30. A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
    also

Equivalents

Examples

“peering in maps for ports and piers and roads”

“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.”

“More broadly, the port is seen as a litmus test for France; if its most multicultural city can foster vast Muslim enclaves viewed with broad suspicion or hostility by the police, then what hope is there elsewhere?”

“Each eight has four ports and four starboards.”

“And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’”

“Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately port of Castle Joyeous […].”

“Him I accuse / The city ports by this hath enter'd”

“And from their ivory port the Cherubim, / Forth issuing at the accustomed hour”

“[…] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]”

“Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]”

“the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world”

“For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […]”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.””

“How do you think the cane toads got into this pristine environment? Joseph Midnight brought them in his port from Townsville, smuggled them in, not that anyone was there to stop him.”

“This is a logical way to order your work, but use it only if you're confident the first piece in your port is a strong one. Also note that this style of arrangement works best if all the pieces are in the same category.”

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