to portage

Examples

• All

• You know, we usually portage around these falls.

  Alaska (1996)

• There is a big waterfall at the bottom, where you have to eddy out and portage around.

  Blog text (12)

• We'll have to portage there.

  Dragonfly (2002)

• They're portaging because they think The river is too dangerous up ahead.

  Almost Heroes (1998)

• We'll portage around it.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It took them three days to portage around a logjam.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Konrad began to pack up his camp while Benson portaged the falls.

  Fiction book (2001)

• As he approached the falls, which had to be portaged at low water, he saw a figure standing on the little rocky island where the river split into two sections.

  Fiction book (2001)

• We are told that Horseshoe Reservoir is nothing but mudflats, and we will have to portage the last few miles from the bridge to get there.

  Academic text (1993)

• Truck-sized waves, dangerous circulating eddies, and 1,000-foot-high canyon walls that make rescue difficult have led most adventurers to portage around the rapids.

  Blog text (7)

Synonyms

P

to port

vsto portage

• Archaic

1 7.4

To carry something, often a weapon, across the body

focuses only on carrying boats or their cargo between waters

Antonyms

L

to leave behind

604 2.6

To go away from a place without taking someone or something with you

How Difficult

to portage

1 8.6

to lug

21 4.4

to haul

157 2.1

to carry

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology