boat  (b ōt)
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n.1. a. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship. b. An inland vessel of any size. c. A ship or submarine. 2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat. v. boat·ed, boat·ing, boats v.intr.1. To travel by boat. 2. To ride a boat for pleasure. v.tr.1. To transport by boat. 2. To place in a boat. Idiom: in the same boat In the same situation as another or others.
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