<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of carrying; carriage</li><li>the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another</li><li>the route over which this is done</li><li>the cost of carriage</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids</li></ul>