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Webster 1913 Edition
canoe
ca-noe′
(kȧ-noō′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Canoed
(kȧ-noōd′)
p. pr. & vb. n.
Canoeing
(kȧ-noō′ĭng)
.] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Canoe
CANOE
,n.1.
A boat used by rude nations, formed of the body or trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting or burning, into a suitable shape. Similar boats are now used by civilized men, for fishing and other purposes. It is impelled by a paddle, instead of an oar.2.
A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.Definition 2024
canoe
canoe
English
People in a canoe.
Alternative forms
- kanuu (Jamaican English)
Noun
canoe (plural canoes)
- A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
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- (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
Translations
small long and narrow boat
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slang: an oversized luxury car
Verb
canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)
Translations
to ride or paddle a canoe
