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A port is a place where boats come and go. If you think that docks and harbors are romantic, I suggest you move to a port city like Baltimore.

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

Noun
(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)

Noun
the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose

Noun
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

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sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

Noun
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

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Verb
drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner"

Verb
carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle"

Verb
carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily"

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turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting"

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land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported"

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bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night"

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put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm"

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transfer data from one computer to another via a cable that links connecting ports

Adjective S.
located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

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

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

v.
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.

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

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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.

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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.

v. t.
To carry; to bear; to transport.

v. t.
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.

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

n.
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.

v. t.
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.

Port

Port , n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., 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.

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Port, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., 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. We are in port if we have Thee. 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 Port , n. [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. Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing. 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. 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, ∧ 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 Port, v. 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. 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. Port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed as above. Port Port, n. [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. Spenser. And of his port as meek as is a maid. The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world. Port Port, n. [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 Port, v. 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. 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. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. To carry; to bear; to transport. 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.

... Usage Examples Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Misspelled Formport, oport, 0port, lport, oort, 0ort, lort, poort, p0ort, plort, piort, p9ort, p0ort, pport, plort, pirt, p9rt, p0rt, pprt, plrt, poirt, po9rt, po0rt, poprt, polrt, poert, po4rt, po5rt, potrt, pofrt, poet, po4t, po5t, pott, poft, poret, por4t, por5t, portt, porft, porrt, por5t, por6t, poryt, porgt, porr, por5, por6, pory, porg, portr, port5, port6, porty, portg. Other Usage ExamplesThank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous. Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.