gangway
gangway · gangways · gangwayed · gangwaying
To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangwayTo serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
/ˈɡæŋweɪ/
» The ship lowered its gangway after docking.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
Examples
3 sentencesThe ship lowered its gangway after docking.
Please clear the gangway or we won't be able to get out.
The gangway must be wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through it.
deDer Gang muss breit genug sein, damit ein Rollstuhl durchgeht. — Esperantostern
Origin
From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivaFrom Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
gangways, gangwaying, gangwayed, gangwayedLessons 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