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boat
[ boht ]
noun
- a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- a small ship, generally for specialized use:
a fishing boat.
- a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat:
They lowered the boats for evacuation.
- a ship.
- a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.
- a serving dish resembling a boat:
a gravy boat;
a celery boat.
- Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer.
verb (used without object)
- to go in a boat:
We boated down the Thames.
verb (used with object)
- to transport in a boat:
They boated us across the bay.
- to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship 1( def 10 ).
boat
/ ²úəʊ³Ù /
noun
- a small vessel propelled by oars, paddle, sails, or motor for travelling, transporting goods, etc, esp one that can be carried aboard a larger vessel
- (not in technical use) another word for ship
- navy a submarine
- a container for gravy, sauce, etc
- a small boat-shaped container for incense, used in some Christian churches
- in the same boatsharing the same problems
- burn one's boatsSee burn 1
- miss the boatto lose an opportunity
- push the boat out informal.to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
- rock the boat informal.to cause a disturbance in the existing situation
verb
- intr to travel or go in a boat, esp as a form of recreation
- tr to transport or carry in a boat
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú´Ç²¹³Ùa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ²ú´Ç²¹³Ùl±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of boat1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of boat1
Idioms and Phrases
- in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems:
The new recruits were all in the same boat.
- miss the boat, Informal.
- to fail to take advantage of an opportunity:
He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college.
- to miss the point of; fail to understand:
I missed the boat on that explanation.
- rock the boat. rock 2( def 17 ).
More idioms and phrases containing boat
see burn one's bridges (boats) ; in the same boat ; miss the boat ; rock the boat .Example Sentences
Kevin King, 57, was under the influence of alcohol when he crashed his boat — the 48-foot-long “Four Kings†— into the jetty, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
At last, she escapes the country by boat with her youngest, a boy.
A few strategically placed boats, a handful of divers and a couple of on-land sabotage teams could send the world into a vicious tailspin.
During the World Cup, some England players attended boat parties in Dubai.
Bargehouse Causeway is a concrete slope that goes directly into the River Thames and is used to transport boats.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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