Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of rowing or sailing a boat, especially as a means of exercise or amusement.
- noun Transportation by boats.
- noun A punishment in ancient Persia, consisting in fastening an offender on his back in a boat and leaving him to perish or be eaten by vermin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
- noun In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat
- noun historical In
Persia , apunishment ofcapital offenders , by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. - verb Present participle of
boat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun water travel for pleasure
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Examples
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Perform a catalog search for the keyword "boating" to find this program in the Johnson County Park & Recreation District's Activities Catalog and online listings.
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The Javits Convention Center was packed with people expressing enthusiasm to begin boating once the weather turned warm.
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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The Javits Convention Center was packed with people expressing enthusiasm to begin boating once the weather turned warm.
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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They showed more interest in boating, tennis and golf than Giants fans did.
Our Jets and Giants Fan Poll Sophia Hollander 2010
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The Javits Convention Center was packed with people expressing enthusiasm to begin boating once the weather turned warm.
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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The Javits Convention Center was packed with people expressing enthusiasm to begin boating once the weather turned warm.
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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The leap of faith that Obama requires goes beyond his lack of experience and extends to all of us hoping that he, and we, have the resilience to shake of whatever swift-boating is headed this way.
Glynnis MacNicol: Super Tuesday: When The Only Options Are Good Ones Glynnis MacNicol 2010
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"Bijou's Odessy" - an adventure in boating in Mexico
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"Bijou's Odessy" - an adventure in boating in Mexico
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People illegally gaining entry for fishing and boating is also a problem.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
victor.cruz477 commented on the word boating
Hi this is Victor Cruz...
sport fishing
September 24, 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word boating
Is there a list of punishments?
A punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
February 16, 2016