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boat
[ boht ]
/ boʊt /
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noun
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 ship1 (def. 10).
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Idioms about boat
Origin of boat
before 900; Middle English boot (noun), Old English bāt; cognate with Old Norse beit
OTHER WORDS FROM boat
boat·a·ble, adjectiveboatless, adjectiveWords nearby boat
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How to use boat in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for boat
boat
/ (bəʊt) /
noun
verb
(intr) to travel or go in a boat, esp as a form of recreation
(tr) to transport or carry in a boat
Word Origin for boat
Old English bāt; related to Old Norse beit boat
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Other Idioms and Phrases with boat
boat
see burn one's bridges (boats); in the same boat; miss the boat; rock the boat.
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