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Boat - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Boat : (noun)
1: a small vessel for travel on water
2: a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn:
gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat]
(verb)
1: ride in a boat on water
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Boat : \Boat\ (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Boating.]
1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
To boat the oars. See under Oar.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Boat : \Boat\, v. i.
To go or row in a boat.
I boated over, ran my craft aground. --Tennyson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Boat : \Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel.
b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. Bateau.]
1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
or paddles, but often by a sail.
Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as,
canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is
sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
class; as, the Cunard boats.
3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Boat |
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LindyPostma: http://twitpic.com/unxng - This picture I toke on the Boat to New Castle. Had a great time there. At night I was sitting there on the window |
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FreeListSD: am seeking a free sail Boat or a RV (east county area): a trailer am on ssd an need one bad thanks Chris http://bit.ly/6VSktg |
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00Syd: @MataLeao I'm in the same Boat. I understand and agree w/ a lot of it but I personally have a hard time w/ it and am not sure I could do it |
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