ALL meanings of boating
boat·ing
B b - uncountable noun boating Boating is travelling on a lake or river in a small boat for pleasure. 3
- noun boating the practice of rowing, sailing, or cruising in boats as a form of recreation 3
- noun boating rowing, sailing, or cruising 3
- adjective boating of or for boating 3
- noun boating a serving dish resembling a boat: a gravy boat; a celery boat. 1
- noun boating Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer. 1
- adjective boating of or relating to boats: boating clothes. 1
- verb without object boating to go in a boat: We boated down the Thames. 1
- verb with object boating to transport in a boat: They boated us across the bay. 1
- verb with object boating to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship1 (def 10). 1
- idioms boating in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat. 1
- idioms boating miss the boat, Informal. to fail to take advantage of an opportunity: He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college. to miss the point of; fail to understand: I missed the boat on that explanation. 1
- idioms boating rock the boat. rock2 (def 17). 1
- noun boating using boats for pleasure 1
- adjective boating lake, park: used for boating 1
- noun boating a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 1
- noun boating a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. 1
- noun boating a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation. 1
- noun boating a ship. 1
- noun boating a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water. 1
- noun boating the activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. 0
- noun boating (historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. 0
- verb boating present participle of boat. 0