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boat  (bt)
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.
1. To transport by boat.
2. To place in a boat.
Idiom:
in the same boat
In the same situation as another or others.

[Middle English bot, from Old English bt; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

boat [bəʊt]
n
1. (Transport / 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. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (not in technical use) another word for ship
3. (Military) Navy a submarine
4. a container for gravy, sauce, etc
5. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a small boat-shaped container for incense, used in some Christian churches
in the same boat sharing the same problems
burn one's boats See burn1 [19]
miss the boat to lose an opportunity
push the boat out Brit informal to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
rock the boat Informal to cause a disturbance in the existing situation
vb
1. (intr) to travel or go in a boat, esp as a form of recreation
2. (tr) to transport or carry in a boat
[Old English bāt; related to Old Norse beit boat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boatboat - a small vessel for travel on water  
ark - a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
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
mail boat, mailboat, packet boat, packet - a boat for carrying mail
mooring line, mooring - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
motorboat, powerboat - a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
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
pinnace, ship's boat, cutter, tender - a boat for communication between ship and shore
towboat, tugboat, tug, tower - a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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.boatboat - a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
argyle, 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"
Verb1.boat - ride in a boat on water
navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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"

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, yawl
Translations
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 boatir en barco
to launch or lower the boatsbotar los botes al agua
to burn one's boatsquemar las naves
to miss the boatperder el tren
to push the boat outtirar la casa por la ventana
to rock the boathacer olas
we're all in the same boatestamos todos en la misma situación
B. CPD boat deck Ncubierta f de botes
boat hook Nbichero m
boat people NPL refugiados que huyen en barco
boat race Nregata f
the Boat Race (Brit) carrera anual de remo entre Oxford y Cambridge
boat train Ntren m que enlaza con el barco

boat [ˈbəʊt] n (gen)bateau m
to go by boat (rowing, sailing boat)aller en bateau; (ferry)prendre le bateau
to be in the same boat (fig)être logé(e) à la même enseigne
to be in the same boat as sb (fig)être logé(e) à la même enseigne que qn
to rock the boat (fig)faire des histoires
to miss the boat (fig)rater le coche
to push the boat out (fig) (British)faire les choses en grand
(= small boat) → embarcation f
(= rowing-boat) → barque f, canot m
(= sailing-boat) → voilier m

boat
n
(= small vessel)Boot nt; (wooden: on lake, river etc also) → Kahn m; (seagoing: = passenger boat) → Schiff nt; (= pleasure steamer etc)Dampfer m; by boatmit dem Schiff; to miss the boat (fig inf)den Anschluss verpassen; to push the boat out (fig inf: = celebrate) → auf den Putz hauen (inf); we’re all in the same boat (fig inf)wir sitzen alle in einem or im gleichen Boot
(= gravy boat)Sauciere f

boat:
boatbuilder
nBootsbauer m
boatbuilding
nBootsbau m
boat deck
nBootsdeck nt

boat:
boatful
nSchiffs-/Bootsladung f
boat hire
nBootsverleih m; (= company)Bootsverleiher m
boathook
nBootshaken m
boathouse
nBootshaus ntor -schuppen m

boat:
boatload
nBootsladung f
boatman
n (handling boat) → Segler m; → Ruderer m; → Paddler m; (working with boats) → Bootsbauer m; (= hirer)Bootsverleiher m
boat people
boat race
nRegatta f
boat-shaped
adjkahnförmig

boat:
boat train
nZug mmit Fährenanschluss
boatyard
nBootshandlung f; (as dry dock) → Liegeplatz m

boat [bəʊt] n (gen) → barca; (ship) → nave f
to go by boat → andare in barca or in nave
we're all in the same boat (fig) (fam) → siamo tutti nella stessa barca
boat [bəʊt] n (gen) → barca; (ship) → nave f
to go by boat → andare in barca or in nave
we're all in the same boat (fig) (fam) → siamo tutti nella stessa barca

boat
n boat [bəut]
1 a small vessel for travelling over water We'll cross the stream by boat. boot قارب، قارِب، زَوْرَق، مَرْكَب лодка loďka, člun båd; fartøj das Boot βάρκα barco, barca, embarcación paat قایق vene bateau סִירָה नाव čamac csónak perahu bátur barca ボート 보트 valtis laiva bot boot båt, fartøy łódź barco barcă лодка čln čoln čamac båt เรือ kayık, filika, sandal 小船 човен چھوٹی کشتی ، ناؤ thuyền
2 a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat. skip سَفينَه кораб loď skib das Schiff πλοίο barco, navío, buque laev کشتی بزرگ alus navire סְפִינָה पोत barka hajó kapal skip nave 대형 객선 laivas kuģis kapal schip skip statek navio şalu­pă; navă корабль loď ladja brod båt เรือ gemi, vapur 大輪船 пароплав بڑی کشتی ، جہاز tàu
3 a serving-dish shaped like a boat a gravy-boat. souskom صحِن شبيه الزَّوْرَق: شَخْتور съд с форма на лодка omáčník (ve tvaru člunu) sovseskål die Soßenschüssel πιάτο που έχει σχήμα βάρκας, σαλτσιέρα salsera kastmekann ظرف قایق شکل pitkulainen kulho saucière צָלָחַת הָגָשָה בְּצוּרַת סִירָה किश्तीनुमा बरतन zdjelica za umak (mártásos) csésze mangkuk tempat kuah (sósu)skál vasetto (a forma di barca) 舟形の器 배 모양의 그릇 laivo formos indas (laiviņveidīgs) trauks mangkuk jongkang kom sausekopp sosjerka molheira vas în formă de luntre, sosieră соусник misa na omáčku skleda za omake posuda skål, snipa จานเปล kayık tabağı 船形器皿 соусник طشتری ، پلیٹ đĩa hình thuyền
v
to sail about in a small boat for pleasure They are boating on the river. seil يتنزه يَتَنَزَّه في زَوْرَق возя се на/карам лодка projíždět se/jet na loďce sejle Boot fahren πάω βαρκάδα navegar paadiga sõitma قایق سواری کردن veneillä faire du bateau לָשוּט नौका-विहार करना veslati csónakázik berperahu sigla, róa andare in barca ボート遊びをする 뱃놀이를 하다 plaukioti braukt ar laivu berperahu spelevaren seile, ro płynąć łodzią passear de barco a se plimba cu barca кататься на лодке plaviť sa na loďke čolnariti ploviti čamcem ta (göra) en båttur เดินทางโดยเรือ sandalla gezmek 乘船(遊玩) плавати у човні تفریحاً کشتی چلانا đi chơi bằng thuyền
n boatman
a man in charge of a small boat in which fare-paying passengers are carried. skipper بَحّار، نوتي، مَراكِبي лодкар převozník færgemand der Bootsführer βαρκάρης barquero paadimees صاحب قایق veneen kapteeni loueur de canots אָדַם הַמִשְתַכֵּר מִשָיִט नाविक lađar csónakos tukang perahu ferjumaður, bátmaður barcaiolo 貸しボート屋 뱃사공 valtininkas laivinieks pembawa perahu schipper, botenverhuurder ferjemann; båtutleier przewoźnik barqueiro barcagiu лодочник prievozník čolnar čamdžija färjkarl คนเรือ kayıkçı, sandalcı 船工 човняр کشتی والا ، ملاح ، کھیون ہارا người cho thuê thuyền
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. in dieselfde bootjie في نفس المشكله، في نفس الموقف، في الهوا في نَفْسِ المُشْكِلَه / المَوْقِف: في الهوا سَوا! действувам съвместно с na jedné lodi i samme båd im gleichen Boot (sitzen) στο ίδιο καζάνι en el mismo barco samas olukorras در وضعیت مشابه؛ دچار مشکل یکسان samassa veneessä dans la même galère לִהיוֹת בְּאוֹתָה סִירָה एक ही परिस्थिति में, एक ही नाव पर सवार u istom položaju ugyanabban a cipőben senasib á sama báti, í sömu aðstöðu nella stessa barca 同じ境遇にある 처지가 같아, 같은 상황에 있는 tame pačiame vežime būt vienādā stāvoklī senasib in hetzelfde schuitje i samme båt na tym samym wózku na mesma situação în aceeaşi barcă в одинаковом положении na jednej lodi v enakih težavah biti u istom sosu sitta i samma båt อยู่ในสถานการณ์เดียวกัน aynı tatsız/kötü durumda 處境相同 бути в тому самому становищі ایک ہی کشتی پر سوار ، حالات مشابہ ہونا cùng hội cùng thuyền
n speedboat
a fast motor boat. snelboot زَوْرَق سِباق سَريع бързоходна моторна лодка závodní člun speedbåd das Schnellboot ταχύπλοο σκάφος fueraborda kiirkaater قایق موتوری تندرو pikavene hors-bord סִירַת מֵרוּץ तेज रफ्तार वाली नाव motorni čamac gyorsasági versenycsónak,„papucs” perahu motor cepat motoscafo da corsa 高速モーターボート 고속 모터보트 greitaeigis motorlaivis ātrlaiva bot laju raceboot racerbåt ślizgacz быстроходный катер klzák, rýchly motorový čln gliser motorni čamac snabb motorbåt, racerbåt เรือยนต์ที่มีความเร็วสูง sürat teknesi 高速動力艇,快艇 швидкохідний катер موٹر سے چلنے والی کشتی thuyền máy

boat مَركِب loď båd Boot βάρκα barco vene bateau brod nave ボート boot båt łódź barco лодка båt เรือ tekne thuyền 小船


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