n.
1) to row; sail; steer a ~
2) to launch, lower a ~
3) to overturn, swamp, upset a ~
4) an assault; fishing; flying ~; gun~; life~; mosquito, PT ( AE ; BE has MTB ); patrol ~; row~ ( AE ), rowing ( BE ) ~; sail~ ( AE ), sailing ( BE ) ~; torpedo ~
5) a ~ goes, sails; heaves; pitches; rolls
6) by ~ (to cross a river by ~)
7) ( misc. ) to be in the same ~ ('to be in the same circumstances'); to miss the ~ ('to let an opportunity slip by'); to push the ~ out ( BE ; colloq. ) ('to make a special effort')