Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport,
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transplace[obs3], transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch
and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct,
convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export. send,
delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft;
shunt; transpose &c. (interchange) 148; displace &c. 185; throw &c.
284; drag &c. 285; mail, post. shovel, ladle, decant, draft off,
transfuse, infuse, siphon. Adj. transferred &c. v.; drifted, movable;
portable, portative[obs3]; mailable [U.S.]; contagious. Adv. from hand
to hand, from pillar to post. on the way, by the way; on the road, on
the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in
transitu[Lat], en route, chemin faisant[Fr], en passant[Fr], in mid
progress, in mid course.
#271. Carrier.—N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter|, conveyer;
cargador[obs3]; express, expressman; stevedore, coolie; conductor,
locomotive, motor. beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey,
Arab[obs3], blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway[obs3], charger,
courser, racer, hunter, jument[obs3], pony, filly, colt, foal, barb,
roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer[obs3];
racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse;
ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran[obs3], garron[obs3];
jennet, genet[obs3], bayard[obs3], mare, stallion, gelding; bronco,
broncho[obs3], cayuse [U.S.]; creature, critter [rural U.S.]; cow pony,
mustang, Narraganset, waler[obs3]; stud. Pegasus, Bucephalus,
Rocinante. ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny; sumpter horse, sumpter
mule; burro, cuddy[obs3], ladino [obs3][U.S.]; reindeer; camel,
dromedary, llama, elephant; carrier pigeon. [object used for carrying]
pallet, brace, cart, dolley; support &c. 215; fork lift. carriage &c.
(vehicle) 272; ship &c. 273. Adj. equine, asinine.
#272. Vehicle.—N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van;
common carrier; wagon, waggon[obs3], wain, dray, cart, lorry. truck,
tram; cariole, carriole[obs3]; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel
barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan
chair; chaise; palankeen[obs3], palanquin; litter, brancard[obs3],
crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon,
conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett[obs3], dearborn
[obs3][U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery[obs3], jigger, kittereen[obs3],
mailstate[obs3], manomotor[obs3], rig, rockaway[obs3], prairie schooner
[U.S.], shay, sloven [Can.], team, tonga[obs3], wheel; hobbyhorse,
go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede,
quadricycle[obs3]. equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break,
mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle[obs3], tilbury[obs3], whisky,
landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence[obs3], calash,
caleche[French], britzka[obs3], araba[obs3], kibitka[obs3]; berlin;
sulky, desobligeant[French], sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse[Fr];
jaunting car, outside car; dandi[obs3]; doolie[obs3], dooly[obs3];
munchil[obs3], palki[obs3]; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski;
tonjon[obs3]; vettura[obs3]. post chaise, diligence, stage; stage
coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car,
omnibus, fly, cabriolet[obs3], cab, hansom, shofle[obs3], four-wheeler,
growler, droshki[obs3], drosky[obs3]. dogcart, trap, whitechapel,
buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem; shandredhan[obs3],
char-a-bancs[French]. motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto,
jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan,
four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels [coll.], sports car, roadster,
gran turismo[It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car,
steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach[obs3],
checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor
bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon,
pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated
vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.. bob,
bobsled, bobsleigh[obs3]; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.];
jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train; accommodation train,
passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train,
parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; 1st
class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd
class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class
compartment, 3rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle
truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car,
Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car,
trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car [U.S.]; bullet train,
shinkansen [Jap.], cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning
express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. shovel, spool, spatula,
ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle[obs3], loy[obs3]; spud; pitchfork; post
hole digger. [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel,
backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader,
caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking
crane.
#273. Ship.—N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.
navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping. man of war &c.
(combatant) 726; transport, tender, storeship[obs3]; merchant
ship, merchantman; packet, liner; whaler, slaver, collier,
coaster, lighter; fishing boat, pilot boat; trawler, hulk; yacht;
baggala[obs3]; floating hotel, floating palace; ocean greyhound.
ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine,
barkantine[obs3]; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft
schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree[Fr]; sloop, cutter,
corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger,
barge, hoy[obs3], cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer;
steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap,
dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack,
whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse|, baste; pelt,
patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of
the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST[abbr];
aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop[coll.], nuclear powered
carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. boat, pinnace,
launch; life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock
boat, ferry oat, canal boat; swamp boat, ark, bully [Nfld.],
bateau battery[Can.], broadhorn[obs3], dory, droger[obs3],
drogher; dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot[obs3];
shallop[obs3], gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell,
wherry, coble[obs3], punt, cog, kedge, lerret[obs3]; eight oar,
four oar, pair oar; randan[obs3]; outrigger; float, raft, pontoon;
prame[obs3]; iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. catamaran, hydroplane,
hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel[obs3], caravel; felucca,
caique[obs3], canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe; galley,
galleyfoist[obs3]; bilander[obs3], dogger[obs3], hooker,
howker[obs3]; argosy, carack[obs3]; galliass[obs3], galleon;
polacca[obs3], polacre[obs3], tartane[obs3], junk, lorcha[obs3],
praam[obs3], proa[obs3], prahu[obs3], saick[obs3], sampan, xebec,
dhow; dahabeah[obs3]; nuggah[obs3]; kayak, keel boat [U.S.], log
canoe, pirogue; quadrireme[obs3], trireme; stern-wheeler [U.S.];
wanigan[obs3], wangan [obs3][U.S.], wharf boat. balloon; airship,
aeroplane; biplane, monoplane, triplane[obs3]; hydroplane;
aerodrome; air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible,
zeppelin; aerostat, Montgolfier; kite, parachute. jet plane,
rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane;
corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation;
airline, common carrier; fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort
plane, spy plane; supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft. Adv.
afloat, aboard; on board, on ship board; hard a lee, hard a port,
hard a starboard, hard a weather.
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