boat

/bəʊt/

noun 8verb 4name 1

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(noun.)

BOAT + NOUN

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by ~

We traveled to the island by boat last summer and saw dolphins along the way.

in a/the ~

We spent the whole afternoon fishing in a boat on the lake.

on a/the ~

We spent the whole afternoon reading books on a boat in the harbor.

~ from, ~ to

We took a boat from the mainland to the island for our summer holiday.

ADJ

little, small

open

My father rented an open boat so we could fish in the bay last summer.

flat-bottomed | glass-bottomed | inflatable, plastic, rubber | wooden | motor, paddle, pedal, power, rowing, sailing, speed, steam

canal, narrow, river

My uncle owns a small river boat where he goes fishing every weekend.

banana, cargo, charter, ferry, fishing, flying, passenger, patrol, pilot, pleasure, racing, rescue, torpedo, touring | model, paper, toy

stricken

The rescue team rushed to help the stricken boat that had lost power in the storm.

upturned

QUANT

fleet, flotilla

A large fleet of fishing boats returned to the harbor after the storm passed.

VERB + BOAT

take out

Last summer, we took out a small fishing boat early in the morning.

take sb out in

Sarah took her friends out in a small fishing boat last weekend.

get into/on/onto | get off/out of | push out

propel, row, sail

She rowed the boat across the calm lake early this morning.

handle

My father taught me how to handle a boat when I was twelve years old.

guide, steer, turn | pilot, skipper

crew

The sailboat was crewed by experienced sailors during the ocean race.

beach

The fishermen beached their boat as the storm approached the coast.

moor, tie up | untie

anchor, berth

The captain decided to anchor the boat near the island for the night.

load, unload

rock

When he suggested changing the team's strategy, his coach warned him not to rock the boat.

capsize, overturn, upset

swamp

Heavy rain swamped the small boat during the storm last night.

build, design

catch, take

We need to leave soon if we want to catch the early morning boat to the island.

miss

She missed the boat on that job opportunity when she turned down the interview.

meet

My parents went to the harbor to meet the boat carrying my cousin from overseas.

Definitions

noun

A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel[…]. Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began to smell like a Banks boat just in from a v'yage.

A full house.

A conveyance, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

a stone boat; a gravy boat

A large and heavy car; the term connotes wasteful size.

Near-synonyms: land yacht, sled

He claimed to be broke but he always drove that ridiculous boat.

One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.

verb

To travel by boat.

To transport in a boat.

to boat goods

To transport (deport to a penal colony).

Troy was 'boated' for seven years after being found guilty of burglary and robbery.

To place in a boat.

to boat oars

noun

Acronym of best of all time.

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Synonyms

noun — a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

sauceboat

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

boy in the boat

The human clitoris.

Go in with your finger at the top parting of your genital lips and find that tiny penis, that nub, that "boy in the boat," and feel gently around it.

in the same boat

In the same situation or predicament; having the same problems.

You can ignore their problems, but you could be in the same boat someday.

rock the boat

To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.

I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.

fresh off the boat

Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.

You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen

whatever floats your boat

One should do whatever stimulates one or suits one's inclinations.

You can achieve a non-ordinary or altered state with drugs, drumming, dancing, fasting, meditation, whatever floats your boat—floats it into the beyond, that is.

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Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel[…]. Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began to smell like a Banks boat just in from a v'yage.

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The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsy

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to boat goods

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Troy was 'boated' for seven years after being found guilty of burglary and robbery.

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to boat oars

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, boat is marked as slang, informal, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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