(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is something in which people can travel across water.
One of the best ways to see the area is in a small ~...
The island may be reached by ~ from the mainland.
N-COUNT: also by N
2.
You can refer to a passenger ship as a ~.
When the ~ reached Cape Town, we said a temporary goodbye.
N-COUNT
3.
see also gravy ~ , rowing ~
4.
If you say that someone has missed the ~, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
If you push the ~ out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate. (BRIT)
I earn enough to push the ~ out now and again.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you say that someone is rocking the ~, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
I said I didn’t want to rock the ~ in any way.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
If two or more people are in the same ~, they are in the same unpleasant situation.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR