transporting

verbnounattested in dialogue

The transportation of a criminal.

verb

1
Also a form of transportpresent participle and gerund of transport

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport English -ing English transporting From transport + -ing.

noun

1
The transportation of a criminal.

Etymology

From Middle English transportyng, equivalent to transport + -ing.

Forms

plural: transportings

transportation · The act of transporting, or the state of being transported;…transported · subjected to transportation transporter · One who, or that which transports. A long truck or lorry for…

transporting · The transportation of a criminal.

trap · A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes…trapped · Caught in a trap.traps · A trap set (drum kit).

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