- boat
- nounADJECTIVE▪ little, small▪ open▪
He was adrift in an open boat for three days.
▪ flat-bottomed, glass-bottomed▪ inflatable, rubber▪ wooden▪ motor, power, speed, steam (usually motorboat, powerboat, etc.)▪ sail (usually sailboat) (AmE), sailing (BrE)▪ paddle, row (usually rowboat) (AmE), rowing (BrE)▪ canal, river▪We hired a canal boat in France.
▪a Mississippi river boat
▪ pleasure, recreational, tour▪ banana, cargo, charter, ferry, passenger, patrol, pilot (esp. BrE), pontoon (AmE), rescue, torpedo▪ flying▪ fishing, shrimp (AmE)▪ model, toy▪ stricken (esp. BrE)▪The lifeboat was preparing to go to the aid of the stricken boat.
▪ capsized, upturned (BrE)… OF BOATS▪ fleet, flotilla▪a flotilla of small boats
VERB + BOAT▪ take out▪You couldn't take a boat out in that wild sea.
▪ take sb out in▪My brother took us all out in his new boat.
▪ get into, get on, get onto▪ get off, get out of▪ launch, lower▪A new type of patrol boat was launched yesterday.
▪ push out▪I pushed the boat out into the middle of the river.
▪ propel, row, sail▪The boat is propelled by a powerful outboard motor.
▪Where did you learn to sail a boat?
▪ guide, steer, turn, turn around▪ captain, pilot, skipper (esp. BrE)▪ crew (esp. BrE)▪Normally the boat is crewed by five people.
▪ beach▪He beached the boat and the children leaped out to explore.
▪ dock (esp. AmE), moor, tie up▪ untie▪ anchor, berth (esp. BrE)▪Boats were anchored two and three abreast.
▪ board▪ load, unload▪ charter, rent▪ rock▪Sit down, you're rocking the boat.
▪She was told to keep her mouth shut and not rock the boat (= not take unnecessary action that would cause problems). (figurative)
▪ capsize, overturn▪ build, design▪ catch, take▪They crossed the island to catch a boat for islands south of Skye.
▪ miss (often figurative)▪If you don't buy now, you may find that you've missed the boat (= cannot take advantage of this offer because it is too late).
BOAT + VERB▪ go, head, sail▪The boat headed upriver.
▪The boat sailed out to sea.
▪ arrive, come in, dock▪ return▪ bob▪boats bobbing up and down in the estuary
▪ drift, float, pass▪ lurch (esp. AmE), pitch, rock, roll▪The boat pitched violently from side to side.
▪ fill▪The boat slowly filled with icy water.
▪ capsize, sink▪ operate, ply▪Ferry boats ply regularly between all the resorts on the lake.
▪ carry sth, ferry sth, hold sth, take sthBOAT + NOUN▪ cruise, excursion, ride, trip▪ race▪ club (esp. BrE)▪ house (usually boathouse)▪ train (= the train scheduled to connect with a particular sailing) (BrE)▪the 7.30 p.m. boat train to Harwich
▪ crew, operator, owner▪ people (= refugees who arrive by boat)PREPOSITION▪ by boat▪The cave can only be reached by boat.
▪ in a/the boat▪I took them in my boat.
▪ on a/the boat▪They ate on the boat.
▪ boat from, boat to▪a boat from Jamaica to Trinidad
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
