Canoe
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
any of various small, primitive light boats.
to paddle a canoe.
to go in a canoe.
to transport or carry by canoe.
paddle one’s own canoe, Informal.
to handle one’s own affairs; manage independently.
to mind one’s own business.
Contemporary Examples
Bibi’s Tormentor Off the Hook Gayle Tzemach Lemmon July 10, 2011
Parks and Recreation’s Aziz Ansari Is 30 Years Old and Writing a Book About Modern Love Abby Haglage November 11, 2013
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 8, 2013 G. Clay Whittaker April 8, 2013
‘The Good Wife’s Christine Baranski on Life After Will Gardner’s Death Jason Lynch April 20, 2014
Kate To Take Personal Hairdresser On Tour Tom Sykes August 30, 2012
Historical Examples
Commodore Barney’s Young Spies James Otis
Ned Myers James Fenimore Cooper
The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper
The Rock of Chickamauga Joseph A. Altsheler
The Place Beyond the Winds Harriet T. Comstock
noun
a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles
(NZ) another word for waka (sense 1)
(NZ) in the same canoe, of the same tribe
verb -noes, -noeing, -noed
to go in a canoe or transport by canoe
n.
v.
see: paddle one’s own canoe
Read Also:
- Canoe-birch
paper birch. Historical Examples The Young Voyageurs Mayne Reid The Young Voyageurs Mayne Reid Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers John Burroughs
- Canoe-slalom
a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- Canoeing
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc. any of various small, primitive light […]
- Canoeist
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc. any of various small, primitive light […]
- Canola
a variety of rapeseed that contains reduced levels of erucic acid, making its oil palatable for human consumption, and reduced levels of a toxic glucosin, making its meal desirable as a livestock feed. Contemporary Examples Don’t Flip Out, but Some Burger Chains Actually Pay Pretty Well Daniel Gross August 8, 2013 Daniel Boulud Reveals His […]