Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of transport

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  transport
      n 1: something that serves as a means of transportation [syn:
           {conveyance}, {transport}]
      2: an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and
         momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a
         fluid or across cell membranes
      3: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn:
         {transportation}, {shipping}, {transport}]
      4: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
         "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
         Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}, {transport},
         {exaltation}, {raptus}]
      5: a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the
         read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder [syn: {tape
         drive}, {tape transport}, {transport}]
      6: the act of moving something from one location to another
         [syn: {transportation}, {transport}, {transfer},
         {transferral}, {conveyance}]
      v 1: move something or somebody around; usually over long
           distances
      2: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands
         or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry
         the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear
         waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" [syn:
         {transport}, {carry}]
      3: hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport},
         {enthrall}, {ravish}, {enthral}, {delight}] [ant:
         {disenchant}, {disillusion}]
      4: transport commercially [syn: {transport}, {send}, {ship}]
      5: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
         message" [syn: {transmit}, {transfer}, {transport},
         {channel}, {channelize}, {channelise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler