canoe
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noun
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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to paddle a canoe.
4.
to go in a canoe.
verb (used with object)
5.
to transport or carry by canoe.
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6.
paddle one's own canoe, Informal.
a.
to handle one's own affairs; manage independently.
b.
to mind one's own business.
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canoe (kəˈnuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles |
| 2. | (NZ) another word for waka |
| 3. | (NZ) in the same canoe of the same tribe |
| —vb , -noes, -noeing, -noed | |
| 4. | to go in a canoe or transport by canoe |
| [C16: from Spanish canoa, of Carib origin] | |
| ca'noeing | |
| —n | |
| ca'noeist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
canoe
1550s, from Sp. canoa, term used by Columbus, from Arawakan (Haiti) canaoua. Extended to rough-made or dugout boats generally.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Typically, climbers use a small boat or canoe to get themselves to a remote sea cliff.
Locals along the way told me that they would not travel by canoe alone because of safety.
Many of the people he meets travel only by foot or canoe.
It's so big that its sweet biscuit topping has to be stirred with canoe paddles.
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