WordDictionary

Adjective:

• nautical Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.

Noun:

• 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.
• An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
• A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
• portance.
• A town or city containing such a place.
• A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
• colloquial A schoolbag or suitcase.
• computing A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
• Computer port (hardware)
• computing A modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
• computing (FreeBSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
• bowls A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
• 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.
• uncountable The left-hand side of a vessel when one is facing the front.
• except Scots An entryway or gate; a portal.
• Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.

Verb:

• video games To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform; to adapt a console video game title to be sold and played on another brand of console. Porting|Porting (computing)
• 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.
• porter.