porter
Definitions of porter
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a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barleysynonyms: bière brunetype of:bière amèrea general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hopssynonyms: bière brunetype of:bière amèrea general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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have with oneself; have on one's person
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have
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enter on a public list
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include in a listsynonyms: inscriretypes:inscrireenter on a public listtype of:enregistrer, inscrire, s'enregistrer, s'inscrirerecord in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
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move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's bodysynonyms: charrier, transportertypes:donner un coup de pied de voléemake a returntransporter dans un sac à doscarry, as on one's backtransporter par camiontransport in a vehicletransmettretransmit or serve as the medium for transmission
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take something or somebody with oneself somewheresynonyms: accompagner, amener, apporter, convoyertypes:transmettretransmit or serve as the medium for transmissiontype of:
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have on one's person
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be dressed in
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cover a certain distance or advance beyond
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move while holding up or supporting
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serve as a means for expressing somethingsynonyms: exprimertransmettretransmit or serve as the medium for transmissiontypes:pesermeasure with or as if with scalesmétrermeasure with a meterchronométrermeasure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of timesondermeasure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding linetitrermeasure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titrationsondermeasure the depth of somethingpeserdetermine the weight oftype of:
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sing or play against other voices or parts
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