name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
barge
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbɑːd͡ʒ]
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General-American: /ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/
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General-American: [ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ]
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
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CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 3
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
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noun
Meaning 4
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
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noun
Meaning 5
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
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noun
Meaning 6
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
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noun
Meaning 7
A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
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Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 8
A large bus used for excursions.
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Usage: US, dated, dialectal, historical
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verb
Meaning 9
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
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verb
Meaning 10
To push someone.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 11
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flatboat, hoy, lighter
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Broader terms: boat
Narrower terms: dredger, houseboat, pontoon, scow, wherry, Norfolk wherry
verb
Meaning 12
transport by barge on a body of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: transport, send, ship
verb
Meaning 13
push one's way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she barged into the meeting room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrust ahead, push forward
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
History
Etymology
From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: aak — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Belarusian: ба́ржа (bárža) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Bulgarian: шлеп (šlep) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Catalan: barcassa — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Chinese Mandarin: 駁船 /驳船 (bóchuán) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Crimean Tatar: barja — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Czech: člun — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Czech: nákladní říční člun — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Danish: pram — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Dutch: duwbak — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Dutch: aak — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Esperanto: barĝo — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Estonian: praam — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Finnish: proomu — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Finnish: lotja — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- French: chaland — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Galician: barca — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Galician: barcaza — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- German: Lastkahn — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- German: Schleppkahn — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Greek: φορτηγίδα (fortigída) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Hebrew: אַרְבָּה (arbá) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Hebrew: דוברה (dovrá) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Hindi: बजरा (bajrā) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Hungarian: bárka — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Hungarian: uszály — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Icelandic: prammi — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Irish: báirse — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Italian: chiatta — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Italian: maona — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Italian: bettolina — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Japanese: 艀 (hashike) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Japanese: はしけ (hashike) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Korean: 짐배 (jimbae) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Korean: 바지선 (bajiseon) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Macedonian: ба́ржа (bárža) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Macedonian: шлеп (šlep) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Māori: pāti — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Mongolian: чиргүүл онгоц (čirgüül ongoc) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Mongolian: ачааны онгоц (ačaany ongoc) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Mongolian: барж (barž) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Norwegian: pram — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Persian: دوبه (dube) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Polish: tratwa — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Polish: barka — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Portuguese: barcaça — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Romanian: mahonă — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Russian: ба́ржа (bárža) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Russian: ба́рка (bárka) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Spanish: lancha a remolque — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Spanish: barcaza — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Swedish: pråm — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Tagalog: gabara — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Ukrainian: ба́ржа (bárža) — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Vietnamese: sà lan — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Welsh: cwch camlas — flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- Bulgarian: баркас (barkas) — rowed ceremonial vessel
- Finnish: kaleeri — rowed ceremonial vessel
- Hebrew: אַרְבָּה (arbá) — rowed ceremonial vessel
- Afrikaans: aak — coastal trading vessel
- Bulgarian: баркас (barkas) — coastal trading vessel
- Dutch: aak — coastal trading vessel
- Macedonian: ба́рка (bárka) — coastal trading vessel
- Polish: barka — coastal trading vessel
- Russian: ба́рка (bárka) — coastal trading vessel
- Russian: барка́с (barkás) — coastal trading vessel
- Polish: szalupa — one of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- Italian: paniere — the wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
- Bulgarian: натрапвам се (natrapvam se) — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
- Bulgarian: натрапя се (natrapja se) — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
- Russian: пробива́ться (probivátʹsja) — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
- Russian: прота́лкиваться (protálkivatʹsja) — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
- Swedish: trängas — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
- Swedish: knuffa — to roughly and unwelcomely push through a group
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