Synonyms of the word barge


BARGEBOAT - FLATBOAT - HASTEN - HIE - HOTFOOT - HOY - LIGHTER - RACE - RUSH - SEND - SHIP - SPEED - TRANSPORT

barge

  • n. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy…
  • n. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
  • n. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail…
  • n. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars.
  • n. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
  • n. (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
  • n. (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
  • v. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  • v. (transitive) To push someone.

boat

  • n. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or…
  • n. (poker slang) A full house.
  • n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
  • n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly…
  • n. (Australia, politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees…
  • v. (intransitive) To travel by boat.
  • v. (transitive) To transport in a boat.
  • v. (transitive) To place in a boat.

flatboat

  • n. A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers.

hasten

  • v. To move in a quick fashion.
  • v. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
  • v. To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

hie

  • v. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
  • v. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
  • n. Haste; diligence.

hotfoot

  • n. (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting…
  • adv. (Britain) hastily; without delay.

hoy

  • n. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to…
  • interj. Ho!, hallo!, stop!
  • v. (Geordie) To throw.

lighter

  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.
  • n. One who, or that which, lights.
  • n. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
  • n. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading…
  • v. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.

race

  • n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective…
  • n. (computing) A race condition.
  • n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
  • n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
  • n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
  • n. Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
  • n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
  • n. Travels, runs, or journeys.
  • n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
  • v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
  • v. (transitive) To compete against in such a race.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
  • n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics.
  • n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly…
  • n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
  • n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with…
  • n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities,…
  • n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
  • n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

rush

  • n. Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems…
  • n. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
  • n. The merest trifle; a straw.
  • n. A sudden forward motion.
  • n. A surge.
  • n. General haste.
  • n. A rapid, noisy flow.
  • n. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
  • n. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
  • n. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
  • n. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
  • n. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
  • n. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
  • n. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
  • v. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
  • v. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
  • v. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
  • v. (military) To swiftly attach to without warning.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing…
  • v. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
  • v. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
  • adj. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

send

  • v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
  • v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
  • v. To bring to a certain condition.
  • v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
  • v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
  • v. (nautical) To pitch.
  • n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
  • n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.

ship

  • n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  • n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an…
  • n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
  • n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
  • v. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
  • v. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
  • v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
  • v. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
  • v. (transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
  • v. (poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.
  • v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
  • v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
  • n. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
  • v. (fandom slang) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either…

speed

  • n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
  • n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the…
  • n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
  • n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
  • n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
  • n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a…
  • n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
  • n. (slang) Personal preference.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
  • v. (intransitive) To go fast.
  • v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
  • v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
  • v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
  • v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
  • v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
  • v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

transport

  • v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  • v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
  • v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
  • n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  • n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  • n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.).
  • n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  • n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  • n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  • n. (historical) A deported convict.

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