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to canoe

to canoe

5 2.6
To travel in a narrow light boat using a paddle
  • verb
  • /kəˈnuː/
translation icon : remar en canoa
  • Every summer, we canoe down the gentle currents of the river.
  • go canoeing
  • canoeing the lake
  • canoeing down the river

And we'd often go on like camping trips and, you know, canoeing and all sorts of things.

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Examples

  • For instance, in Family Tree, a teenage girl and her grandmother are canoeing.

    Academic text (2012)
  • You can also take the time to canoe and hike, truly soaking in the magic of autumn in an outdoor expedition.

    Blog text (23)
  • People canoe on this river.

  • This way, we canoe out nice and easy... we find ourselves a nice, quiet beach.

  • We always canoe at dawn.

  • There are three lakes in the park that you could kayak or canoe on.

    Blog text (19)
  • "Tourists go to northern counties to canoe in the rivers and hike in the woods."

    Blog text (17)
  • One can canoe, kayak, drive, walk, and bike along the five-mile-long Wildlife Drive.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Once, when she and Tom were canoeing, they passed a group of sled dogs on the riverbank.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Out on the water, a group of Boy Scouts were canoeing by, laughing and fooling around, splashing each other as they paddled by.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to paddle
vsto canoe
57 1.4

To move a boat through water using a short oar

is travel in a small open vessel rather than the action of propelling it
to boat
vsto canoe
10 1.0

To travel on water in a small vehicle like a rowboat or motorboat

is travel in a particular small open vessel rather than any water craft
to kayak
vsto canoe
3 2.7

To move in a small narrow boat using a double-bladed paddle

is travel in a similar small open vessel not defined by that implement

Idioms

To be independent and take care of yourself without help

Compounds

outrigger canoe
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A narrow canoe with one or more side floats for balance in rough water

1 5.3

A small boat carved from one large tree trunk

A light boat made by covering a wooden frame with birch bark

6.7

A North American birch tree with white bark that peels and whose bark people use to make canoes and baskets

9.0

A very large evergreen tree with strong wood that people use to make canoes

How Fast

to canoe
5 2.6
to drift
331 2.9

Surface Forms

canoe infinitive
canoed past
canoed past participle
canoeing present participle
canoes third person singular

Etymology

Canoe (verb) comes from the name of the boat, the Carib word canoa meaning 'small boat'. So to canoe simply means to travel in or move a small, light boat with a paddle.