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bargainee |
bargainer |
bargaining |
bargaining chip |
bargainor |
barge
| barge in
| barge pole
| bargeboard
| bargecourse
| bargee
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun barge has 1 sense
- barge(n = noun.artifact) flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals); Array is a kind of boat
has particulars: dredger, houseboat, pontoon, scow, norfolk wherry, wherry
Derived form verb barge2
Verb barge has 2 senses
- barge(v = verb.motion) push forward, thrust ahead - push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" is one way to belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
- barge(v = verb.motion) Array - transport by barge on a body of water; Array is one way to send, ship, transport
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun barge1, noun bargee1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
barge, n. [OF. barge, F. berge, fr. LL. barca, for barica (not found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. , prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic bari a boat. Cf. Bark a vessel.].
- A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated. [1913 Webster]
- A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge. [1913 Webster]
- A large boat used by flag officers. [1913 Webster]
- A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [1913 Webster]
- A large omnibus used for excursions. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
barge, n. & v.
--n.
1 a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals, rivers, etc.
2 a long ornamental boat used for pleasure or ceremony.
3 a boat used by the chief officers of a man-of-war.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by around) lurch or rush clumsily about.
2 (foll. by in, into) a intrude or interrupt rudely or awkwardly (barged in while we were kissing). b collide with (barged into her).
--n.
1 a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals, rivers, etc.
2 a long ornamental boat used for pleasure or ceremony.
3 a boat used by the chief officers of a man-of-war.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by around) lurch or rush clumsily about.
2 (foll. by in, into) a intrude or interrupt rudely or awkwardly (barged in while we were kissing). b collide with (barged into her).
Etymology
ME f. OF perh. f. med.L barica f. Gk baris Egyptian boat
THESAURUS
barge
amble, boat, bowl along, bundle, bus, cart, clump, coach, drag, dray, ferry, float, flounce, foot, footslog, halt, haul, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, lighter, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, rack, raft, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, ship, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, sled, sledge, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stumble, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trip, truck, trudge, van, waddle, wagon, wamble, wheelbarrow, wiggle, wobbleROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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