BOAT


Meaning of BOAT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ little , small

▪ open

He was adrift in an open ~ for three days.

▪ flat-bottomed , glass-bottomed

▪ inflatable , rubber

▪ wooden

▪ motor , power , speed , steam (usually motorboat , powerboat , etc.)

▪ sail (usually sailboat ) ( AmE ), sailing ( BrE )

▪ paddle , row (usually rowboat ) ( AmE ), rowing ( BrE )

▪ canal , river

We hired a canal ~ in France.

a Mississippi river ~

▪ pleasure , recreational , tour

▪ banana , cargo , charter , ferry , passenger , patrol , pilot ( esp. BrE ), pontoon ( AmE ), rescue , torpedo

▪ flying

▪ fishing , shrimp ( AmE )

▪ model , toy

▪ stricken ( esp. BrE )

The lifeboat was preparing to go to the aid of the stricken ~.

▪ capsized , upturned ( BrE )

… OF BOATS

▪ fleet , flotilla

a flotilla of small ~s

VERB + BOAT

▪ take out

You couldn't take a ~ out in that wild sea.

▪ take sb out in

My brother took us all out in his new ~.

▪ get into , get on , get onto

▪ get off , get out of

▪ launch , lower

A new type of patrol ~ was launched yesterday.

▪ push out

I pushed the ~ out into the middle of the river.

▪ propel , row , sail

The ~ is propelled by a powerful outboard motor.

Where did you learn to sail a ~?

▪ guide , steer , turn , turn around

▪ captain , pilot , skipper ( esp. BrE )

▪ crew ( esp. BrE )

Normally the ~ is crewed by five people.

▪ beach

He beached the ~ and the children leaped out to explore.

▪ dock ( esp. AmE ), moor , tie up

▪ untie

▪ anchor , berth ( esp. BrE )

Boats were anchored two and three abreast.

▪ board

▪ load , unload

▪ charter , rent

▪ rock

Sit down, you're rocking the ~.

She was told to keep her mouth shut and not rock the ~ (= not take unnecessary action that would cause problems) . ( figurative )

▪ capsize , overturn

▪ build , design

▪ catch , take

They crossed the island to catch a ~ for islands south of Skye.

▪ miss ( often figurative )

If you don't buy now, you may find that you've missed the ~ (= cannot take advantage of this offer because it is too late) .

BOAT + VERB

▪ go , head , sail

The ~ headed upriver.

The ~ sailed out to sea.

▪ arrive , come in , dock

▪ return

▪ bob

~s bobbing up and down in the estuary

▪ drift , float , pass

▪ lurch ( esp. AmE ), pitch , rock , roll

The ~ pitched violently from side to side.

▪ fill

The ~ slowly filled with icy water.

▪ capsize , sink

▪ operate , ply

Ferry ~s ply regularly between all the resorts on the lake.

▪ carry sth , ferry sth , hold sth , take sth

BOAT + NOUN

▪ cruise , excursion , ride , trip

▪ race

▪ club ( esp. BrE )

▪ house (usually boathouse )

▪ train (= the train scheduled to connect with a particular sailing) ( BrE )

the 7.30 p.m. ~ train to Harwich

▪ crew , operator , owner

▪ people (= refugees who arrive by boat)

PREPOSITION

▪ by ~

The cave can only be reached by ~.

▪ in a/the ~

I took them in my ~.

▪ on a/the ~

They ate on the ~.

▪ ~ from , ~ to

a ~ from Jamaica to Trinidad

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .