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canoe
CIDE DICTIONARY
canoe, n. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe." [1913 Webster]
- A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. [1913 Webster]"A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
canoe, v. i.
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
canoe, n. & v.
--n. a small narrow boat with pointed ends usu. propelled by paddling.
--v.intr. (canoes, canoed, canoeing) travel in a canoe.
--n. a small narrow boat with pointed ends usu. propelled by paddling.
--v.intr. (canoes, canoed, canoeing) travel in a canoe.
Derivative
canoeist n.
Etymology
Sp. and Haitian canoa
THESAURUS
canoe
almadia, ark, auxiliary, barge, boat, buss, cargo boat, carry sail, cat, catamaran, circumnavigate, coast, cockle, cockleshell, cog, coracle, cross, cruise, cruiser, cutter, dinghy, dispatch boat, drifter, dugout, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, funny, galley, gig, glider, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, gondola, houseboat, hoy, hydrofoil, hydroplane, jolly, jolly boat, kayak, launch, lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, outboard, outrigger canoe, pilot, pilot boat, pinnace, piragua, pirogue, ply, pontoon, post boat, pram, punt, racer, racing shell, randan, row, rowboat, rowing boat, run, runabout, sail, sail round, sail the sea, sampan, scooter, scow, scull, seafare, shallop, shell, showboat, skiff, small boat, sneakbox, steam, steamboat, surfboat, take a voyage, towboat, traverse, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, tug, tugboat, voyage, wanigan, whale-gig, whaleboat, wherry, yacht, yawl, yawl boatROGET THESAURUS
canoe
Ship
N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.For further exploring for "canoe" in Webster Dictionary Online
