What does canoe mean?

Definitions for canoe
kəˈnuca·noe

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. canoeverb

    small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

  2. canoeverb

    travel by canoe

    "canoe along the canal"

Wiktionary

  1. canoenoun

    A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

  2. canoenoun

    An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

  3. canoeverb

    To ride or paddle a canoe.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Canoa, Canoenoun

    A boat made by cutting the trunk of a tree into a hollow vessel.

    Others made rafts of wood, and others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoa, which the Gauls, upon the river Roan, used in assisting the transportation of Hannibal’s army. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

    They maintained a war against Semiramis, in which they had four thousand monoxyla, or canoes, of one piece of timber. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

Wikipedia

  1. canoe

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ChatGPT

  1. canoe

    A canoe is a lightweight, narrow, typically pointed water vessel, propelled by one or more people using a paddle. It is often used for recreational activities such as fishing, racing, or touring on rivers, lakes or coastal waters. Canoes are traditionally made of wood, but modern versions are often made from materials like plastic, fiberglass or aluminum. It typically has an open deck with seating for one or more individuals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Canoenoun

    a boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder

  2. Canoenoun

    a boat made of bark or skins, used by savages

  3. Canoenoun

    a light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast

  4. Canoeverb

    to manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe

  5. Etymology: [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canoa.]

Wikidata

  1. Canoe

    A canoe is a lightweight narrow boat, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle. Canoes are used for racing, whitewater canoeing, touring and camping, freestyle, and general recreation. The intended use of the canoe dictates its hull shape and construction material. Historically canoes were dugouts or made of bark on a wood frame, but construction materials evolved to canvas on a wood frame, then to aluminum. Most modern canoes are made of molded plastic or composites like Fiberglass. Until the mid-1800s the canoe was an important means of transport for exploration and trade, but then transitioned to recreational or sporting use. Canoeing has been part of the Olympics since 1936. In countries where the canoe played a key role in history, such as Canada and New Zealand, the canoe remains an important theme in popular culture. Canoes can be adapted to many purposes, for example with the addition of sails, outboard motors, and outriggers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Canoe

    ka-nōō′, n. a boat made of the hollowed trunk of a tree, or of bark or skins: a skiff driven by paddling.—v.t. to paddle a canoe.—n. Canoe′ist. [Sp. canoa—Haytian canoa.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. canoe

    A peculiar boat used by several uncivilized nations, formed of the trunk of a tree hollowed out, and sometimes of several pieces of bark joined together, and again of hide. They are of various sizes, according to the uses for which they are designed, or the countries to which they belong. Some carry sail, but they are commonly rowed with paddles, somewhat resembling a corn-shovel; and instead of rowing with it horizontally, as with an oar, they manage it perpendicularly. In Greenland and Hudson Bay, the Esquimaux limits of America, skin-boats are chiefly in use, under the name of kaiack, oomiak, baidar, &c.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of canoe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of canoe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of canoe in a Sentence

  1. Gordon Lightfoot:

    I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and the wilderness, you know, that I always knew was in my soul to begin with.

  2. Tony Evers:

    I was amazed when a 1,200-year-old canoe was uncovered last year, but this discovery of a canoe dating back to 1000 BC is just extraordinary.

  3. James Skibo:

    Finding an additional historically significant canoe in Lake Mendota is truly incredible and unlocks invaluable research and educational opportunities to explore the technological, cultural, and stylistic changes that occurred in dugout canoe design over 3,000 years.

  4. Gideon McKean:

    They got into a canoe, intending simply to retrieve the ball, and somehow got pushed by wind or tide into the open bay, about 30 minutes later they were spotted by an onlooker from land, who saw them far out from shore, and called the police. After that last sighting, they were not seen again. The Coast Guard recovered their canoe, which was capsized and miles away, at approximately 6:30( Thursday) evening.

  5. Scott Hagerstrom:

    You can't bring a motorboat on a lake, but you can bring a canoe. You can't go to a bunch of stores, but you can buy marijuana.

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