Canoe

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. {Canoes}. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean
     can['a]oa.]
     1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
        excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape.
        It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by
        sail, and has no rudder.


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              Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
              canoe.                                --Raleigh.
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     2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
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              A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
              water.                                --Longfellow.
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     3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
        who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It
        it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a
        temporary mast.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  canoe \ca*noe"\ (k[.a]*n[=oo]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canoed}
     (k[.a]*n[=oo]d") p. pr. & vb. n. {Canoeing}
     (k[.a]*n[=oo]"[i^]ng).]
     To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canoe
       n : small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a
           paddle
       v : travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "canoe":
     almadia, ark, auxiliary, barge, boat, buss, cargo boat, carry sail,
     cat, catamaran, circumnavigate, coast, cockle, cockleshell, cog,
     coracle, cross, cruise, cruiser, cutter, dinghy, dispatch boat,
     drifter, dugout, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, funny, galley,
     gig, glider, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, gondola,
     houseboat, hoy, hydrofoil, hydroplane, jolly, jolly boat, kayak,
     launch, lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, make a passage,
     motorboat, navigate, outboard, outrigger canoe, pilot, pilot boat,
     pinnace, piragua, pirogue, ply, pontoon, post boat, pram, punt,
     racer, racing shell, randan, row, rowboat, rowing boat, run,
     runabout, sail, sail round, sail the sea, sampan, scooter, scow,
     scull, seafare, shallop, shell, showboat, skiff, small boat,
     sneakbox, steam, steamboat, surfboat, take a voyage, towboat,
     traverse, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, tug, tugboat, voyage,
     wanigan, whale-gig, whaleboat, wherry, yacht, yawl, yawl boat
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Canoe, KY
    Zip code(s): 41339