Boat /(bōt)/

Boat

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

Phrases & Compounds
Advice boat
See under Advice.
Boat hook
an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc.
Boat rope
a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.
In the same boat
in the same situation or predicament.

Boat

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb. n. Boating

  1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
  2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

Phrases & Compounds
To boat the oars
See under Oar.

Boat

v. i.
  1. To go or row in a boat.
    I boated over, ran my craft aground.