A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
(nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
Adjective
(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
Verb
(nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
(military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays 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.
(computing) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
(governmental jargon, United States) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
Noun
Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
(military) 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.
(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
