canoed

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of canoe.
  canoe

  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.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of canoe.
  canoe

  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.

Example Sentences

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canoed

Garwood, who has canoed the length of the Mississippi River solo, an odyssey that lasted 84 days, has a deep reverence for his home ground, and the winter that is part of a Minnesotan’s identity.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

He also was friendly with the Suquamish people who regularly canoed across the lake as they paddled from Puget Sound to Lake Washington.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

The conservationist Aldo Leopold, who canoed through the delta in 1922, described it as “a hundred green lagoons” and said he paddled through waters “of a deep emerald hue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

One of Douglas Bruce’s favorite memories of his son was when he was about 10, and they canoed the Boundary Waters in northeast Minnesota, near the Canadian border.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

That summer he played tennis, swam, fished, and canoed on the Potomac River.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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