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ca·noe 
[kuh-noo] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -noed, -noe·ing.
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[kuh-noo] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -noed, -noe·ing. –noun
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—Idiom
| 1. | any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc. |
| 2. | any of various small, primitive light boats. |
| 3. | to paddle a canoe. |
| 4. | to go in a canoe. |
| 5. | to transport or carry by canoe. |
| 6. | paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
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[Origin: 1545–55; < F < Sp canoa < Arawak; r. canoa < Sp]
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ca·noe·ist, noun
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| ca·noe
(kə-nōō') Pronunciation Key
n. A light, open, slender boat that has pointed ends and is propelled by paddles. v. ca·noed, ca·noe·ing, ca·noes v. tr. To carry or send by canoe. v. intr. To travel in or propel a canoe. [French canoe and Spanish canoa (French, from Spanish), of Cariban origin.] ca·noe'ist n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
canoe
canoe
1555, from Sp. canoa, term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| canoe | |
noun | |
| 1. | small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle |
verb | |
| 1. | travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal" |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Canoe, KY Zip code(s): 41339
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. --Raleigh. 2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. --Longfellow. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Canoe
Ca*noe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoedp. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing.] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
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