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# boat

«boat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thing that floats and carries people or goods on water** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (boat, boats); verb (boat — to go in a boat)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A boat is a thing that floats and carries people or goods on water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#m1)

2) A boat is usually smaller than a ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#m2)

3) A gravy boat is a jug shaped like a boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

things counted, or a vehicle carrying people with a limit per boat; speed and distance; in science, why boats float; phrases «by boat», «row a boat», «sailboat», «in the same boat» (in the same trouble), «miss the boat» (miss a chance)

### examples

- Each boat holds 6 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x1)
- There are 8 boats in the harbor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x2)
- The boat travels 20 miles an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x3)
- How many boats do 40 people need? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x4)
- We went fishing in a rowing boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x5)
- Wear a life jacket in a boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x6)
- The boat sailed across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x7)
- We're all in the same boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x8)
- She made a paper boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x9)
- Boats float because they push water aside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x10)
- We have neither ship nor boat." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/#x11)

### note

People ÷ seats per boat gives boats, rounded up. Trap: if there is a remainder, one more boat is needed; 40 people with 6 per boat need 7 boats. Safety: always wear a life jacket in a boat.

### In the corpora

- [Dolphins ride the waves made by boats and whales, which saves energy and seems to be fun for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/8/)
- [It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/379-china-s-great-rivers-the-finless-porpoise-the-lost-baiji-chinese-alligators-and-sturgeon/13/)
- [Toad is out on the river, says the Otter, in a brand-new racing boat with new clothes and new everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/6/)
- [The boat turns over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/5/)
- [The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.