Definition of Boat

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Definition of Boat

Boat

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

To go or row in a boat.

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Boat Quotations

Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.
Mark Twain

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
Mark Twain

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
Warren Buffett

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
Victor Hugo

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
Henry Ward Beecher

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.
Bernie Mac

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

Boat Translations

boat in Dutch is boot, schuit
boat in Finnish is soutuvene
boat in French is canot, embarcation, bateau
boat in German is Boot, Boot, Schiff, Kahn
boat in Italian is barca, barchetta
boat in Latin is navis navis
boat in Portuguese is barco
boat in Spanish is barca, bote, barca, barco

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