barge
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal…A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
» Tom barged into the room.
Том ворвался в комнату.
Том вломився до кімнати.
Meaning
7 sensesA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
Lastkahn, Schleppkahn
ба́ржаbárža, ба́ркаbárka
ба́ржаbárža
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
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.
ба́ркаbárka, барка́сbarkás
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
(US, historical)A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
(US, dated, dialectal, historical)A large bus used for excursions.
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Examples
59 sentencesTom barged into the room.
Том вломився до кімнати.
ruТом ворвался в комнату.
Tom barged through the front door.
Tom suddenly barged into the room.
Excuse me for barging in like this.
ruПростите, что я так врываюсь.
I saw several barges floating down the river.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barFrom 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.
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