canoe

[ kuh-noo ]

/ kəˈnu /

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noun

any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.

any of various small, primitive light boats.

verb (used without object), ca·noed, ca·noe·ing.

to paddle a canoe.

to go in a canoe.

verb (used with object), ca·noed, ca·noe·ing.

to transport or carry by canoe.

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Idioms about canoe

paddle one's own canoe, Informal.

to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
to mind one's own business.

Origin of canoe

1545–55; <French <Spanish canoa<Arawak; replacing canoa<Spanish

OTHER WORDS FROM canoe

ca·noe·ist, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH canoe

barge, boat, canoe , cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yacht

Words nearby canoe

cannular, cannulate, cannulation, canny, Canoas, canoe, canoe birch, canoe slalom, canoewood, can of corn, can of worms

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How to use canoe in a sentence

Complimentary for guests, the Fairmont Kea Lani also offers outings on an outrigger canoe, captained by two locals.
A Maui vacation in three acts|Alex Pulaski|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Experience the park the way explorers did 250 years ago by renting a canoe and reserving one of the park’s many frontcountry or backcountry sites.
Staring Down Fear in Voyageurs National Park|Emily Pennington|January 28, 2021|Outside Online
They can see how people migrated across islands and pinpoint when technologies like canoes emerged by tracking the emergence of seafaring terms.
Local languages are dying out and taking invaluable knowledge with them|Hannah Seo|January 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Lower yourself into a long wooden canoe and glide past cascading waterfalls to the start of a dirt trail.
Journey to the Center of the Earth|David Kushner|December 28, 2020|Outside Online

They didn’t have access to tetanus shots or antibiotics, and getting to the nearest hospital entailed a day’s journey by dugout canoe, followed by another on a motorboat and another in a car.
The fight to stop the next pandemic starts in the jungles of Borneo|Brian Barth|December 2, 2020|Popular-Science
As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!
Canada ♥ Cuba Just Got Complicated|Shinan Govani|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our foreign policy canoe is filled to the gunnels with catch-and-release trout armed with AK-47s.
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul|P. J. O’Rourke|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So I go out in a canoe and repeat verses over and over and try and learn poems.
‘The Good Wife’s Christine Baranski on Life After Will Gardner’s Death|Jason Lynch|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That canoe he paddles in Parks, that episode where Ron is a canoe, Nick Offerman built that canoe, for real!
Parks and Recreation’s Aziz Ansari Is 30 Years Old and Writing a Book About Modern Love|Abby Haglage|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
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The roomy canoe, if not built for great speed, certainly was built for as much comfort as could be expected in such a craft.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
The canoe touched the grassy bank at the edge of the old Carter place at the far end of the lake just before noon.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
But suddenly Jessie drove her paddle deep into the water and sent the canoe in a dash to the landing.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Her chum came leaping up the hill behind her, having moored the canoe with one hitch.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for canoe

canoe

/ (kəˈnuː) /

noun

a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles

NZ another word for waka (def. 1)

in the same canoe NZ of the same tribe

verb -noes, -noeing or -noed

to go in a canoe or transport by canoe

Derived forms of canoe

canoeing, nouncanoeist, noun

Word Origin for canoe

C16: from Spanish canoa, of Carib origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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