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barge

noun
/bɑːd͡ʒ/UK/bɑɹd͡ʒ/US

Etymology

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.

  1. derived from bꜣjr<hiero>b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1</hiero>
  2. derived from br
  3. derived from ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ
  4. derived from βᾶρις
  5. derived from bāris
  6. derived from barca
  7. derived from barge
  8. inherited from barge

Definitions

  1. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal…

    A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

    • Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.

  2. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

  3. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed…

    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.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars

    2. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.

    3. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

    4. A large bus used for excursions.

    5. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

      • I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.
      • In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.

    6. To push someone.

      • The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.

    7. A surname.

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Derived

barge board, barge cruise, bargee, bargeful, barge in, bargelike, bargeman, bargemaster, barge master, barge pole, barger, bargewoman, billet barge, bread-barge, bunker barge, dumb barge, honey barge, hoverbarge, monkey barge, solar barge, sun barge, Thames barge, Thames sailing barge, shoulder-barge, barge into

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA