Canoe

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  • noun. A light, open, slender boat that has pointed ends and is propelled by paddles.
  • intransitive verb. To carry or send by canoe.
  • intransitive verb. To travel in or propel a canoe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To paddle a canoe; sail in a canoe.
  • noun. A light boat designed to be propelled by a paddle or paddles held in the hands without fixed supports.
  • Canoe-shaped.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
  • noun. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
  • noun. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
  • noun. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
  • noun. An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
  • verb. To ride or paddle a canoe.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. travel by canoe
  • noun. small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
    • Word Usage
    "And then there's the Guinean-born guy suffering from what he describes as canoe sickness, an illness that keeps him from his dream of playing professional soccer."
    cross-reference
    kayak  to paddle one's own canoe  
    Form
    canoed  canoeing  canoeist  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boat  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku  Blue  Cebu  Chengdu  Chou  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abstract  alike  ammiral  barge  boat  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    almadia  ark  auxiliary  barge  boat  
    verb-form
    canoed  canoeing  canoes  
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