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canoe

[ kuh-noo ]

noun

  1. any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
  2. any of various small, primitive light boats.


verb (used without object)

canoed, canoeing.
  1. to paddle a canoe.
  2. to go in a canoe.

verb (used with object)

canoed, canoeing.
  1. to transport or carry by canoe.

canoe

/ əˈԳː /

noun

  1. a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles
  2. another word for waka
  3. in the same canoe
    of the same tribe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to go in a canoe or transport by canoe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴDZ𾱲Բ, noun
  • ˈԴDZ𾱲, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ԴDZi noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of canoe1

1545–55; < French < Spanish canoa < Arawak; replacing canoa < Spanish
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of canoe1

C16: from Spanish canoa, of Carib origin
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
    1. to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
    2. to mind one's own business.

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Example Sentences

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“The false accusations Defendants made were so heinous that John Oliver felt justified in telling his millions of viewers: ‘F— that doctor with a rusty canoe.

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Magdalena was among those who clambered into motor boats and wooden canoes last June, bound for new homes.

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In the Pacific Northwest, Native American stories told of “how the prairie became ocean” and canoes were flung into trees.

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Last month, a wooden dugout canoe, packed with nearly 300 passengers, overturned and sank in the middle of the River Niger killing nearly 200 people.

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He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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