(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
(uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
(countable) Payment for transportation.
(figurative) A burden or load, specifically referring to cultural or emotional associations.
(countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train.
(transitive) Load a vehicle or vessel with cargo, transport goods, load or store goods, and figuratively carry something as a burden or load.
(intransitive, US, also figurative) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.