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| barge [ baarj ] |
noun (plural barges) |
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1. freight boat: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat used for transporting freight on rivers or canals
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2. open boat used ceremonially: a large open boat used in ceremonies
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3. small naval boat: a motor launch used by a high-ranking naval officer for ceremonial occasions
  an admiral's barge
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verb (3rd person present singular barges, present participle barging, past and past participle barged) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb move roughly: to move roughly, colliding with other people
barged his way through the crowd
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2. transitive and intransitive verb push: to push somebody or something roughly
He barged the goalkeeper off the ball.
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3. transitive verb move something in barge: to transport freight by barge
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| [13th century. < Old French barge or medieval Latin bargia] |
