barge

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft.
• noun A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies.
• noun A powerboat reserved for the use of an admiral.
• intransitive verb To carry by barge.
• intransitive verb To move about clumsily.
• intransitive verb To intrude or interrupt, especially rudely.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A book-name of the godwit.
• noun plural In mining, sheets of iron, zinc, or wood used for shedding water in wet shafts or workings. Barrowman, Glossary.
• noun A sailing vessel of any sort.
• noun A flat-bottomed vessel of burden used in loading and unloading ships, and, on rivers and canals, for conveying goods from one place to another.
• noun A long, double-banked boat, spacious and of elegant construction, for the use of flag-officers of ships of war.
• noun A practice-boat used by crews in training for a race. It is commonly a long, narrow, lap-streak boat, somewhat wider and stronger than a shell, and thus better fitted for rough water.
• noun A boat for passengers or freight, two-decked, but without sails or power, and in service towed by a steam-boat or tug: used for pleasure-excursions and for the transportation of hay and other bulky merchandise.
• noun A pleasure-boat; in former times, a vessel or boat of state, often magnificently adorned, furnished with elegant apartments, canopied and cushioned, decorated with banners and draperies, and propelled by a numerous body of oarsmen: used by sovereigns, officers, magistrates, etc., and in various pageants, as the marriage of the Adriatic at Venice and the Lord Mayor's parade at London.
• noun In New England, a large wagon, coach, or omnibus for carrying picnic parties or conveying passengers to and from hotels, etc.
• To carry or transport by means of barges.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.
• noun A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods.
• noun A large boat used by flag officers.
• noun U.S. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
• noun Local, U.S. A large omnibus used for excursions.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
• verb transport by barge on a body of water
• verb push one's way