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barge

/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/ verb C2
  1. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  2. To push someone. (transitive)

He/she/it barges · Past barged · Past participle barged · -ing form barging

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Verb forms

Base form
barge
He/she/it
barges
Past
barged
Past participle
barged
-ing form
barging

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In a very few moments it was necessary for Elaine to scramble to her feet, pick up her cloth of gold coverlet and pall of blackest samite and gaze blankly at a big crack in the bottom of her barge through which the water was literally pouring.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 223 · C1
We must pall the barge all its length in blackest samite.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 221 · C1
“We were playing Elaine,” explained Anne frigidly, without even looking at her rescuer, “and I had to drift down to Camelot in the barge--I mean the flat.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 226 · C1
One of the seconds went for a lantern in a coal-barge near, and by its light they examined the weapons.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 773 · C1

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