boat

/boʊ̯t/ verb C2

To travel by boat. (intransitive)
To transport in a boat. (transitive) · to boat goods
To place in a boat. (transitive) · to boat oars

He/she/it boats · Past boated · Past participle boated · -ing form boating

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Verb forms

Base form: boat
He/she/it: boats
Past: boated
Past participle: boated
-ing form: boating

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Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1

It belongs to my girl Sally, as was married only this time twelvemonth, which her husband is steward aboard a Union boat, and what he’d say if he come ‘ome and found her without her ring is more than I can think, he being short enough at the best o’ times, but more especially when he has the drink.

A Study in Scarlet, p. 50 · B2

I made a boat, I made a town,

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 15 · C1

Boats of mine a-boating--

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1

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boat A small, usually open craft used for travelling... A1

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