boat

1. n. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. Source: opted

4. v. t. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. Source: opted

5. v. t. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. Source: opted

6. v. i. To go or row in a boat. Source: opted

7. n. a small vessel for travel on water Source: wordnet

8. n. a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce Source: wordnet

9. v. ride in a boat on water Source: wordnet

10. 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. Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. Advice boat. See under Advice. -- Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. Totten. -- Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter. -- In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] F. W. Newman. 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. To go or row in a boat. I boated over, ran my craft aground. Tennyson. Source: webster

11. To go or row in a boat.I boated over, ran my craft aground. Tennyson. Source: adambom

12. v:2/n:98 n. a small vessel for travel on water v. ride in a boat on water Source: ecdict

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