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BARGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barge" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "barge"):
dredger (a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging)
houseboat (a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling)
pontoon ((nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge)
scow (a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold)
Norfolk wherry; wherry (sailing barge used especially in East Anglia)
Derivation:
barge (transport by barge on a body of water)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they barge ... he / she / it barges
Past simple: barged
Past participle: barged
-ing form: barging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transport by barge on a body of water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "barge" is one way to...):
send; ship; transport (transport commercially)
Domain category:
navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
barge (a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals))
bargee (someone who operates a barge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Push one's way
Example:
she barged into the meeting room
Synonyms:
barge; push forward; thrust ahead
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "barge" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
barge in (break into a conversation)
