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noun
The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of boat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
water travel for pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yachting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: water travel, seafaring
Narrower terms: bareboating
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bhóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
