barge
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French barge 'boat', from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris) 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (bāre) 'small boat', from Egyptian bēre.
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dʒ
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barge (plural barges)
- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions
- 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
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
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flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
rowed ceremonial vessel
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table
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[edit] Verb
barge (third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged)
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
- (transitive) To push someone.
- 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, BBC:
- The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the the ball.
- 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, BBC:
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barge (epicene, plural barges)
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From Late Latin *barga < barca, itself possibly from a form *barica < baris < Ancient Greek βάρις (báris).
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barge f. (plural barges)
- barge (boat)
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Possibly from a Vulgar Latin bardea, of Gaulish origin.
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barge f. (plural barges)
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