NOUN | artifact | barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) |
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VERB | motion | barge, thrust ahead, push forward | push one's way |
motion | barge | transport by barge on a body of water |
Sounds | baa'rjh | |
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Rhymes | charge ... surcharge: 11 rhymes with aarjh... |
Meaning | A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals). | |
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Synonyms | flatboat, hoy, lighter | |
Narrower | dredger | A barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging |
houseboat | A barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | |
pontoon | (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge | |
scow | A barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | |
wherry, Norfolk wherry | Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia | |
Broader | boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
Spanish | barca, barcaza, bombo, gabarra, hoy, lanchón, panga | |
Catalan | barcassa, pastera | |
Verbs | barge | transport by barge on a body of water |
Meaning | Push one's way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "she barged into the meeting room" | |
Synonyms | thrust ahead, push forward | |
Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
See also | barge in | break into a conversation |
Spanish | irrumpir |
Meaning | transport by barge on a body of water. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
Broader | transport, send, ship | transport commercially |
Spanish | navegar, transportar en barcaza | |
Catalan | navegar | |
Nouns | barge | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) |
bargee | someone who operates a barge |
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