barricade vs port

barricade

noun
  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

port

noun
  • An entryway or gate. 

  • A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application. 

  • A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. 

  • 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. 

  • A suitcase or schoolbag. 

  • A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted. 

  • The portfolio of a model or artist. 

  • An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made. 

  • The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. 

  • A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through. 

  • A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples. 

  • A town or city containing such a place, a port city. 

  • 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 sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side. 

  • A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm. 

  • To carry, bear, or transport. See porter. 

  • To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another. 

  • To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another. 

adj
  • Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow. 

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