steamboat
To travel by steamboatTo travel by steamboat.
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Meaning
1 sensesTo travel by steamboat.
Examples
6 sentencesWe need a steamboat.
deWir brauchen ein Dampfschiff. — Lars224
The steamboat sounded a final whistle.
ruПароход дал последний гудок. — marafon
The steamboat let out a long whistle.
ruПароход дал длинный гудок. — marafon
Plesiosaurus saw a few steamboats and there was no end to his madness.
Damiano’s steamboat was miles away.
Origin
Compound of steam + boat.Compound of steam + boat.
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Forms
steamboats, steamboating, steamboated, steamboated| Base form | steamboat · to steamboat |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | steamboats |
| Present participle | steamboating |
| Past simple | steamboated |
| Past participle | steamboated |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.