boat

Speech parts

1. boat - Noun

2. boat - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

ship craft vessel yacht launch ferry barge raft canoe lifeboat sailboat dinghy catamaran barque rowboat
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Antonyms

bower anchor ballast zigzag grapnel weight
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Hypernyms

ride dish vessel watercraft

Hyponyms

ark hoy argyll argyle tower longboat

Phrases with the word

rock the boat miss the boat dead in the water push the boat out in the same boat cargo boat

Derivatives

boated boating

Anagrams

bota Bato Tabo

Examples

Often 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

Close letter words and terms

boastly boastsome boastworthy boat aficionados club boat barometer boat basin