port

noun ports

1. countable, uncountable A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. peering in maps for ports and piers and roads

   Similar: harbour, haven

2. countable, uncountable A town or city containing such a place, a port city. 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?

   Similar: harbour city, harbour town, port city

3. uncountable The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing forward. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.

   Similar: backboard, larboard, leeboard, left · Opposite: starboard

4. countable, uncountable A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side. Each eight has four ports and four starboards.

adjective

1. not comparable Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow. on the port side

   Similar: larboard, backboard, left

Opposite: starboard

verb ports · porting · ported

1. imperative, transitive To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm. Port your helm!
2. To dock at a port. The tall ships will port in Pugwash during its annual Harbourfest Celebrations[…]

noun ports

1. Scotland, historical An entryway or gate. And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
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. […] her ports being within sixteen inches of the water […]
3. 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.
4. A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.

   Similar: wick

5. An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
6. An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
7. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
8. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
9. also A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.

verb ports · porting · ported

1. transitive To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter. Dauid in this Pſalme doth exhoꝛt, to pꝛayſe the Loꝛde alwayes: Foꝛ that he did vs make and poꝛt, and guydes vs all our dayes.
2. transitive To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies 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!
3. transitive To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform. By its tenth week of release, CPH was the best-selling PC game in America. PlayStation and Xbox ports were already in the works, and there was talk of porting it to Nintendo.
4. ergative To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another. If you submit a request to port a number, and you list the name on the account as Bob Smith, but your local carrier has the number listed under your wife's name Mary Mahoney, the porting request is rejected.
5. US To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

noun 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. Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]
3. 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. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting. Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
5. A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

noun ports

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

   Similar: Porto, porto, port wine

noun ports

1. A suitcase or schoolbag. 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.

noun ports

1. informal The portfolio of a model or artist or investor. 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.

proper noun

1. archaic Archaic form of Porto: a city in Portugal.
2. A surname.

proper noun

1. after a qualification University of Portsmouth, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

proper noun

1. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Port Adelaide Football Club

proper noun

1. New South Wales, abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Port Macquarie

proper noun

1. Portugal, used on maps to indicate territories or possessions

proper noun

1. abbreviation, in Australia Abbreviation of Public Order Response Team