1. boat - Noun
2. boat - Verb
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
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.
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
To go or row in a boat.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOften it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. Mark Twain
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Edgar Lee Masters
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat. Jean-Paul Sartre
The boat sails by, the shore remains. Cambodian Proverb
Don't buy a boat that is under water. African Congo Proverb
The boat follows the helm, the woman follows her husband. Vietnamese Proverb