(n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
(n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
(n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
(v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
(v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
(v. i.) To go or row in a boat.
Example Sentences:
(1) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
(2) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(3) What happened in the past was that if smugglers are sure that European boats are patrolling very close to the Libyan coast, then traffickers use this opportunity to advertise, and say to potential irregular migrants: ‘You will be sure to reach the European coast.
(4) As 1,000 fishing boats were on their way to the islands the Chinese know as Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, the People's Daily warned on Monday that the incident could lead to a full-blown trade boycott.
(5) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
(6) Morrison and Operation Sovereign Borders commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell continued to insist that their refusal to answer questions about “on water matters” was essential to meet the overriding goal of stopping asylum seeker boats, and said from now on such briefings on the policy would be held when needed, rather than every week because the “establishment phase” had finished.
(7) The Queen Boat case was one of three big sex stories that helped to squeeze bad news out of the papers around the same time.
(8) Labor’s left faction is yet to settle its position on the politically controversial issue of turning back asylum-seeker boats , ahead of the party’s national conference at the end of the month.
(9) The Coalition and Labor share the policy of not offering resettlement to people who try to reach Australia by boat.
(10) Among possible causes for the increase in deaths in the Mediterranean this year, the agency cited a worsening quality of vessels and smugglers’ tactics to avoid detection by authorities, such as sending many boats out at the same time, which makes the work of rescuers harder.
(11) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.
(12) Another 500 people were rescued from four different boats on Tuesday, the coastguard said in a statement.
(13) The prime minister, Tony Abbott , said on Thursday he was comfortable with being accused of secrecy on asylum seeker policy so long as the policies succeeded in stopping the boats.
(14) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
(15) I must say that for the time being we are still missing some boats and aerial means.
(16) Spencer has now heard that Andy, who got the boat remember, has been cracking on to Louise, even though Jamie warned him it would be like jumping into a polar bear's nest.
(17) It was quoted in the grand jury indictment, and later a larger portion was included in one of the prosecution’s filings in the case: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thermal image released by the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, shows the boat in which Jahar hid.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fishing boats moored in the harbour at Clovelly.
(19) Five men were confined on a boat for fourteen days.
(20) First, the argument that balanced budgets and economic growth inevitably lead to a fairer society because “all boats rise on a rising tide”.
Skeg
Definition:
(n.) A sort of wild plum.
(n.) A kind of oats.
(n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the 1980s, the British government tried to claim that the beaches of Brighton, Blackpool, Skegness and many other resorts weren’t used for bathing, to avoid dealing with the sewage, condoms and tampons that polluted them.
(2) Able to live on his savings from the restaurant, he took up his place; Dusty went to Skegness to work as a waitress.
(3) Nuttall will stand for Boston and Skegness in the June election, after losing the Stoke-on-Trent Central byelection in February.
(4) Mark Simmonds, conservative MP for Boston and Skegness, has resigned, citing the intolerable pressure of trying to live in London on an MP’s expenses.
(5) In the 2013 local elections, this county saw Ukip's best single result , when 16 new Ukip county councillors were elected, and the party became the official opposition; among the parliamentary seats that are reckoned to be vulnerable to a Ukip surge are Labour-held Great Grimsby, and Boston and Skegness, currently represented by the Tories.
(6) He told her: I was at the end of Scarbrough Esplanade, Skegness, which is beside the pier.
(7) Skegness Tidal Surge A surge results in a particularly high tide in Skegness on the evening of Thursday 5 December 2013.
(8) Ukip under the current leadership, without positive radical policies, is finished as an electoral force.” The party lost 10 seats in Lincolnshire, where Nuttall has decided to run in the general election in the Boston and Skegness seat .
(9) Don't let the name put you off: Skegness (nicknamed Skeggy) has a wonderful beach, wide and largely empty, especially to the south towards Gibraltar Point.
(10) Moby doesn’t float my boat Facebook Twitter Pinterest Three dead whales wash up on Skegness beach – video After the heartbreak of the recent stranded whales , it’s lovely to see such a happy creature on the shores of Loch Nevis.
(11) Three dead sperm whales wash up on Skegness beach Read more These young males head north, enter the North Sea between Scotland and Norway, and unfortunately find this shallow sea a natural trap – difficult to navigate and short of food.
(12) And in the last chance saloon, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall said he would stand in the heavily Brexit-supporting constituency of Boston and Skegness as support for his party drops by the week, with many voters defecting to the Tories.
(13) Robert Pert, of Skegness, Lincolnshire, is among those hit by this loophole.
(14) After a lunch of strong tea and fish and chips in Mablethorpe, where children can jump on a small fleet of donkeys (and we gambled a plastic cupload of pennies in the amusement arcade), we dined out at the Windmill restaurant in Burgh-Le-Marsh, a few miles inland from Skegness.
(15) The Ministry of Defence said about 100 soldiers from the Catterick army base in Yorkshire had been deployed to Skegness on the Lincolnshire coast, where about 3,000 residents were urged to leave their homes or move upstairs.
(16) Tidy lines of classic blue-and-white or pastel pink beach huts called Calypso and Aquarius sit on sea defences at Chapel Point, a few miles from Skegness.
(17) Well, for every teacher heading to Saudi Arabia, there’s a classroom in Skegness missing one.
(18) On a grim and blustery morning in the town some people know as "Skeg", conversations with locals suggest a town much more weary and fatalistic than Great Yarmouth, although people have a similar litany of complaints: awful local roads, shut-down shops, an economy that effectively dies for half the year.
(19) The first is the direct threat of a Ukip victory in a handful of mostly Conservative seats, such as South Thanet, Boston and Skegness, Castle Point, and Thurrock.
(20) After being unfrocked, Davidson eked out a living as an entertainer on the seafront at Skegness - where, in 1937, he was mauled to death by a lion.