transport

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually transportation) [U] a system for carrying people or goods from one place to another using vehicles, roads, etc: air / freight / road transport * to travel on / by public transport (= by train, bus, etc.) * the government's transport policy 2 (BrE) (AmE transportation) [U] a vehicle or method of travel: Applicants must have their own transport. * Transport to and from the airport is included in the price. * His bike is his only means of transport. 3 [U] (especially BrE) (also transportation AmE, BrE) the activity or business of carrying goods from one place to another using lorries/trucks, trains, etc: The goods were damaged during transport. * controls on the transport of nuclear waste 4 [C] a ship, plane or lorry/truck used for carrying soldiers, supplies, etc. from one place to another: Several transports were sent to convey them to the camp. * a transport helicopter 5 (transports) [pl.] ~ of sth (literary) strong feelings and emotions: to be in transports of joy / delight / grief verb prep.] 1 to take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle: to transport goods / passengers / cattle * Most of our luggage was transported by sea. 2 to move sth somewhere by means of a natural process: The seeds are transported by the wind. * Blood transports oxygen around the body. 3 to make sb feel that they are in a different place, time or situation: The book transports you to another world. 4 (in the past) to send sb to a far away place as a punishment: British convicts were transported to Australia for life.