A1verb · transitive · frequent

boat

boat · boats · boated · boating

To travel by boatTo travel by boat.

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UK/bəʊ̯t/US/boʊ̯t/

» Some boats are on the lake.

Декілька човнів плавають на озері. — ascolto

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Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To travel by boat.
ride in a boat on water
(transitive)To transport in a boat.
to boat goods
(transitive)To place in a boat.
to boat oars
(obsolete, slang, transitive)To transport (deport to a penal colony).

Examples

1037 sentences

Some boats are on the lake.
Декілька човнів плавають на озері. — ascolto
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I crossed the river by boat.
Я переправився через річку на човні. — deniko
ruЯ переправился через реку на лодке. — sharptoothed
deIch überquerte den Fluss per Schiff. — al_ex_an_der
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I'm going to buy a boat.
Я куплю човен. — deniko
ruЯ куплю лодку. — marafon
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I have a boat and a car.
У мене є човен і машина. — deniko
ruУ меня есть лодка и машина. — Olya
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Tom wanted to buy a fishing boat.
Том хотів купити риболовний човен. — deniko
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Origin

From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Pr

From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”) (whence also fissure via Latin). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”).

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Forms

boats, boating, boated, boated

Base form	boat · to boat
3rd person singular	boats
Present participle	boating
Past simple	boated
Past participle	boated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	boat
he, she, it	boats

Past simpleLesson

all persons

boated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have boated
he, she, it	has boated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will boat

Word family

2 related words

Relatedboater boating

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

the same boat
a fishing boat
floats your boat
fishing boat
rent a boat
kind of boat
rowing the boat
same boat
buy a boat
on a boat
rock the boat
have a boat