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- [bahrj]
- /bɑrdʒ/
- /bɑːdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bahrj]
- /bɑrdʒ/
Definitions of barge word
- countable noun barge A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals. 3
- verb barge If you barge into a place or barge through it, you rush or push into it in a rough and rude way. 3
- verb barge If you barge into someone or barge past them, you bump against them roughly and rudely. 3
- noun barge a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp on canals 3
- noun barge a vessel, often decorated, used in pageants, for state occasions, etc 3
- noun barge a boat allocated to a flag officer, used esp for ceremonial occasions and often carried on board his flagship 3
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Origin of barge
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Middle French, perhaps < Latin *bārica; see bark3
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Parts of speech for Barge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
barge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barge
noun barge
- raft — a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
- ark — In the Bible, the ark was a large boat which Noah built in order to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood.
- scow — any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- dory — a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- lighter — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
verb barge
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
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