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boat
(bōt)n.
1.
a. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
b. An inland vessel of any size.
c. A ship or submarine.
2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat.
v. boat·ed, boat·ing, boats
v.intr.
1. To travel by boat.
2. To ride a boat for pleasure.
v.tr.
Idiom: 1. To transport by boat.
2. To place in a boat.
in the same boat
In the same situation as another or others.
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boat
(bəʊt)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a small vessel propelled by oars, paddle, sails, or motor for travelling, transporting goods, etc, esp one that can be carried aboard a larger vessel
2. (Nautical Terms) (not in technical use) another word for ship
3. (Military) navy a submarine
4. a container for gravy, sauce, etc
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a small boat-shaped container for incense, used in some Christian churches
6. in the same boat sharing the same problems
7. burn one's boats See burn119
8. miss the boat to lose an opportunity
9. push the boat out informal Brit to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
10. rock the boat informal to cause a disturbance in the existing situation
vb
11. (intr) to travel or go in a boat, esp as a form of recreation
12. (tr) to transport or carry in a boat
[Old English bāt; related to Old Norse beit boat]
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boat
(boʊt)n.
1. a vessel for transport by water, propelled by rowing, sails, or a motor.
2. a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat.
3. a boat-shaped serving dish: a gravy boat.
v.i. 4. to go in a boat.
v.t. 5. to transport or place in a boat.
Idioms: in the same boat, in similar difficult circumstances.
[before 900; Middle English boot, Old English bāt; c. Old Norse beit]
boat′a•ble, adj.
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boat
– ship1. 'boat'
A boat is a small vessel for travelling on water, especially one that carries only a few people.
John took me down the river in the old boat.
...a fishing boat.
2. 'ship'
A larger vessel is usually referred to as a ship.
The ship was due to sail the following morning.
However, in conversation large passenger ships which travel short distances are sometimes called boats.
She was getting off at Hamburg to take the boat to Stockholm.
Be Careful!
When you are describing the way in which someone travels, you do not say that they travel 'by the boat' or 'by the ship'. You say that they travel by boat or by ship.
We are going by boat.
They were sent home by ship.
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boat
Past participle: boated
Gerund: boating
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| Noun | 1. |  boat - a small vessel for travel on water ark - a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood boat whistle - a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning bumboat - a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat - a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals ferry, ferryboat - a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule fireboat - a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront gondola - long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice guard boat - a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships gunboat - a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails longboat - the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel lugger - small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails Mackinaw boat, mackinaw - a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes mooring line, mooring - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place painter - a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) pilot boat - a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships police boat - a boat used by harbor police pontoon - (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge punt - an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole river boat - a boat used on rivers or to ply a river scow - any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends sea boat - a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas small boat - a boat that is small steamboat - a boat propelled by a steam engine surfboat - a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it sculler - someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward) wear round, tack - turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" scull - propel with sculls; "scull the boat" |
| 2. |  boat - a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauceargyle, argyll - a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm dish - a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present" | |
| Verb | 1. | boat - ride in a boat on water motorboat - ride in a motorboat yacht - travel in a yacht sail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" row - propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" canoe - travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal" kayak - travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river" paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
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boat
noun vessel, ship, craft, barge (informal), watercraft, barque (poetic) One of the best ways to see the area is in a small boat.
in the same boat in the same situation, alike, even, together, equal, on a par, on equal or even terms, on the same or equal footing The police and I were in the same boat.
miss the boat miss your chance or opportunity, miss out, be too late, lose out, blow your chance (informal) Big name companies have missed the boat.
push the boat out celebrate, party, large it (Brit. slang), have a fling, go the whole hog (informal), go on a bender (informal), put the flags out, kill the fatted calf, go on a beano (Brit. slang) I earn enough to push the boat out now and again.
rock the boat cause trouble, protest, object, dissent, make waves (informal), throw a spanner in the works, upset the apple cart I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way.
Boats and ships
airboat, aircraft carrier, auxiliary, banker, barge, barque, barquentine or barquantine, bateau, bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, or bathyscape, battlecruiser, battleship, Bermuda rig, boatel, brigantine, bulk carrier, bumboat, cabin cruiser, canal boat, canoe, caravel or carvel, carrack, catamaran, catboat, caïque, clipper, coble, cockboat or cockleboat, cockleshell, coracle, corvette, crabber, cruiser, cutter, destroyer, destroyer escort, dhow, dinghy, dogger, dory, dreadnought or dreadnaught, dredger, drifter, dromond or dromon, E-boat, factory ship, faltboat, felucca, ferry, fireboat, fishing boat, flatboat, flotel or floatel, flyboat, fore-and-after, foyboat, freighter, frigate, galleas, galleon, galley, gig, gondola, gunboat, hooker, houseboat, hoy, hydrofoil, hydroplane, icebreaker, ice yacht or scooter, Indiaman, ironclad, jet-boat, jolly boat, junk, kayak, keelboat, ketch, laker, landing craft, lapstrake or lapstreak, launch, lifeboat, lightship, liner, longboat, longship, lugger, man-of-war or man o' war, maxi, merchantman, minehunter, minelayer, minesweeper, monitor, monohull, motorboat, MTB (motor torpedo boat), multihull, MY or motor yacht, narrow boat, nuggar, outboard, outrigger, oysterman, packet boat, paddle steamer, pink, pocket battleship, polacre or polacca, powerboat, proa or prau, PT boat, púcán, punt, quinquereme, raft, randan, revenue cutter, rowboat, rowing boat, sailing boat or (U.S. & Canad.) sailboat, scow, schooner, scull, sealer, shallop, shell, ship of the line, sidewheeler, skiff, skipjack, sloop, square-rigger, steamboat, steamer, steamship, stern-wheeler, submarine, supertanker, surfboat, swamp boat, tall ship, tanker, tartan, tender, threedecker, torpedo boat, torpedo-boat destroyer, towboat, trawler, trimaran, trireme, troopship, tub, tug or tugboat, U-boat, umiak or oomiak, vaporetto, vedette, VJ (vaucluse junior), warship, weathership, whaler, wherry, windjammer, xebec, zebec, or zebeck, yacht, yawlCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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boat
[bəʊt]A. N (gen) → barco m; (= large ship) → buque m, navío m; (small) → barca f; (= rowing boat) → barca f, bote m (de remo); (= racing eight, ship's boat) → bote m
to go by boat → ir en barco
to launch or lower the boats → botar los botes al agua
to burn one's boats → quemar las naves
to miss the boat → perder el tren
to push the boat out → tirar la casa por la ventana
to rock the boat → hacer olas
we're all in the same boat → estamos todos en la misma situación
to go by boat → ir en barco
to launch or lower the boats → botar los botes al agua
to burn one's boats → quemar las naves
to miss the boat → perder el tren
to push the boat out → tirar la casa por la ventana
to rock the boat → hacer olas
we're all in the same boat → estamos todos en la misma situación
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boat
(bəut) noun1. a small vessel for travelling over water. We'll cross the stream by boat.barco, barca, embarcación
2. a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship. to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.barco, navío, buque
3. a serving-dish shaped like a boat. a gravy-boat.salsera
verb to sail about in a small boat for pleasure. They are boating on the river.navegar
ˈboatman noun a man in charge of a small boat in which fare-paying passengers are carried. barquero
in the same boat in the same, usually difficult, position or circumstances. We're all in the same boat as far as low wages are concerned. en el mismo barco
ˈspeedboat noun a fast motor boat. fueraborda
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boat
→ barcoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Where does the boat leave from? → ¿De dónde sale el barco?
- When is the first boat? → ¿A qué hora sale el primer barco?
- When is the last boat? → ¿A qué hora sale el último barco?
- Is there somewhere to eat on the boat? → ¿Hay algún sitio donde sirvan comidas en el barco?
- Are there any boat trips on the river? → ¿Hay recorridos en barco por el río?
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