'Canoe' definitions:
Definition of 'canoe'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
verb
Travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"
Definition of 'Canoe'
From: GCIDE
- Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. Canoes. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean can['a]oa.]
- 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. [1913 Webster]
- Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. --Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. [1913 Webster]
- A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'canoe'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'canoe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- almadia,
- ark,
- auxiliary,
- barge,
- boat,
- buss,
- cargo boat,
- carry sail,
- cat,
- catamaran,
- circumnavigate,
- coast,
- cockle,
- cockleshell,
- cog,
- coracle,
- cross,
- cruise,
- cruiser,
- cutter,
- dinghy,
- dispatch boat,
- drifter,
- dugout,
- ferry,
- ferryboat,
- fishing boat,
- funny,
- galley,
- gig,
- glider,
- go by ship,
- go on shipboard,
- go to sea,
- gondola,
- houseboat,
- hoy,
- hydrofoil,
- hydroplane,
- jolly,
- jolly boat,
- kayak,
- launch,
- lifeboat,
- lighter,
- longboat,
- mailer,
- make a passage,
- motorboat,
- navigate,
- outboard,
- outrigger canoe,
- pilot,
- pilot boat,
- pinnace,
- piragua,
- pirogue,
- ply,
- pontoon,
- post boat,
- pram,
- punt,
- racer,
- racing shell,
- randan,
- row,
- rowboat,
- rowing boat,
- run,
- runabout,
- sail,
- sail round,
- sail the sea,
- sampan,
- scooter,
- scow,
- scull,
- seafare,
- shallop,
- shell,
- showboat,
- skiff,
- small boat,
- sneakbox,
- steam,
- steamboat,
- surfboat,
- take a voyage,
- towboat,
- traverse,
- trawlboat,
- trawler,
- trimaran,
- trow,
- tug,
- tugboat,
- voyage,
- wanigan,
- whale-gig,
- whaleboat,
- wherry,
- yacht,
- yawl,
- yawl boat