port
/poɹt/ noun C2- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- 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.
- 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.· The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
- A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
Plural ports
From the library
“Now,” said the count, “what will you take—a glass of sherry, port, or Alicante?”
“As I was on my way here, a vessel was coming into port.”
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocée docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Other matches
- port A place on the coast at which ships can shelter... B1
- port To turn or put to the left or larboard side of ... C2
- port To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter. C2
- port An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, es... C2
- port The portfolio of a model or artist or investor. C2
- port A suitcase or schoolbag. C2
- port A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dar... C2
- port Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a... C2
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