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transport
A	noun
	1	transportation, shipping, transport
			the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚commerce; commercialism; mercantilism ╚commercial enterprise; business enterprise; business ╚transportation, shipping, transport ╚ferry; ferrying ╚express; expressage ╚freight; freightage ╚hauling; trucking; truckage ╚navigation ╚air transportation; air transport
	2	conveyance, transport
			something that serves as a means of transportation
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance, transport ╚telpher; telfer ╚ski tow; ski lift; lift ╚sidecar ╚shipping; cargo ships; merchant marine; merchant vessels ╚roll-on roll-off ╚public transport ╚mail ╚litter ╚horsebox ╚dolly ╚dolly
	3	tape drive, tape transport, transport
			a mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚mechanism ╚tape drive, tape transport, transport
	4	transport
			an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚natural process; natural action; action; activity ╚diffusion ╚transport ╚passive transport ╚active transport
	5	ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus
			a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚emotion ╚emotional state; spirit ╚ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus
B	verb
	1	transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
			send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
	2	transport, carry
			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"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transport, carry ╚bear ╚port ╚shoulder
	3	enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight
			hold spellbound
		Category Tree: satisfy; gratify ╚please; delight ╚enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight
	4	transport, send, ship
			transport commercially
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transport, send, ship ╚forward; send on ╚dispatch; despatch; send off ╚railroad ╚barge
	5	transport
			move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transport ╚rail ╚truck ╚freight ╚pipe ╚bus ╚raft ╚ferry ╚float ╚sluice

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