To transport something means to carry or move it from one place to another. Buses transport students to school. Trucks transport groceries to supermarkets. Blood vessels transport oxygen throughout your body. When you transport your lunch box from home to school in your backpack, you're moving it from point A to point B.

The word works for both things and people. Airlines transport passengers across oceans. Ambulances transport injured people to hospitals. You might help transport boxes when your family moves to a new house.

Transport can also be a noun meaning the system or vehicles used for moving people or goods. “Public transport” refers to buses, trains, and subways that anyone can use. Countries with good transport networks make it easy for people and products to move around efficiently.

Sometimes people say a story or piece of music transports them to another time or place. This means it affects them so powerfully that they feel mentally carried away from where they are, as if the experience has moved their imagination somewhere else entirely.