I. ˈbōt, usu -d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse beit boat, biti beam, and probably to Old English bītan to bite, Latin findere to split; probably from the practice of making a boat by hollowing out a tree trunk — more at bite
1. : a small vessel with or without a deck propelled by oars or paddles or by sail or power — see canoe , cruiser , dinghy , sloop
2.
a. : ship
packet boat
came from England in the last boat
b. : submarine
3. : a utensil or device shaped like a boat: as
a. : gravy boat
b. : an ecclesiastical vessel for incense
c. : an open long narrow usually small receptacle (as of porcelain or nickel) for holding a substance to be heated or burned especially in chemical analysis by combustion
4. : a wooden device used in weaving to obtain a strong selvage
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- in the same boat
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1.
a. : to place in a boat or ship
the oarsmen boated their oars when we touched shore
b. : to bring (a hooked fish) toward and into a boat
I've almost worn out my wrists boating a 30-pound halibut — Fred Beck
2. : to transport by boat
a company of soldiers boated across a river
intransitive verb
: to go by boat : ride in a boat often as a pastime
the company boated to the island
was boating on the river last Sunday afternoon
III. noun
: boat form