boat

[US]/bəʊt/
[UK]/boʊt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. small vessel for traveling on water; large vessel for transporting goods or people

vi. to travel or move in a boat

Phrases & Collocations

sailboat

fishing boat

speedboat

rowing boat

Example Sentences

The boat was overset.

A boat is on the water.

The boat is afloat.

furnish a boat with care.

head the boat for shore

The boat underran the bridge.

The boat underrun the bridge.

a boat on a twilit river.

Make the boat fast.

to shove a boat into the water

The boat came alongside.

They are boating on the lake.

The boat left for the isles.

The boat shot the rapids.

the tiller of a boat

the boat's anchor would not hold.

Real-world Examples

We rowed a boat on the lake.

Source: New Standard English for Primary School, Grade 4, Volume 2 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Which suggests that a rising tide really does lift all boats.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds May 2018 Collection

There are some boats on the river.

Source: New Concept English: British English Version, Book 1 (Translation)

Yes, there is and there are some small boats.

Source: People's Education Press PEP Elementary School English Grade 5 Textbook Volume 1

You men, leave off. You'll capsize the boat.

Source: Dunkirk Selection

" I shall get the boat across the moat, " says Goat.

Source: I love phonics.

Metaphorically speaking, " You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Source: The Economist - Arts

The fisherman almost drowned when his little boat overturned.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Edmond swam on a course that would intercept the boat.

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo: Selected Edition

We steered the boat toward land.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

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