Barge - English meaning

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

verb

Clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer.

Usage examples:

Developers are bulldozing the site

noun

The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.

Usage examples:

She propped herself up on one elbow

verb

Push or strike (someone) with one's elbow.

Usage examples:

One player had elbowed another in the face

noun

The bony point at which the arm bends, or the part of a piece of clothing which covers this area

Usage examples:

His shirt sleeve was torn at the elbow., he elbowed his way through the crowd.

noun

A boat with a flat bottom for transport in shallow water.

Usage examples:

Cajun boaters invented a flatboat called the bateau, to pass through shallow swamps.

noun

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends for transporting things or people along rivers

Usage examples:

He had come down the ohio river in a flatboat.

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

verb

Push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd.

Usage examples:

He was jostled by passengers rushing for the gates

noun

The action of jostling.

Usage examples:

The jostle of shoppers

noun

A device that produces a small flame, especially one used to light cigarettes.

Usage examples:

He lit a cigarette with his gold lighter

noun

A flat-bottomed barge or other unpowered boat used to transfer goods to and from ships in harbour.

Usage examples:

In watercraft delivery, cases of mres are loaded onto lighters, flat-bottomed boats, or barges and …

adjective

Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms are light and airy

noun

A band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.

Usage examples:

The calf muscle

verb

Move (an object) in a particular direction by using one's physical strength.

Usage examples:

They were muscling baggage into the hold of the plane

noun

A mass of tissue in the body, often attached to bones, that can tighten and relax to produce movement

Usage examples:

[ u ] republicans are flexing some political muscle., [ t ] starks muscled his way to the basket., …

noun

A canal boat

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

A wide-beamed sailing dinghy.

Usage examples:

Near the end of a trip down the nahanni river in the northwest territories 30 years ago, my former …

noun

The upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck.

Usage examples:

I was carrying a bag over my shoulder

verb

Another term for hard shoulder.

noun

One of the two rounded, bony parts of a person’s body on either side of the neck where the top of the arm is joined

Usage examples:

She put her head on my shoulder., it is usually women who shoulder the responsibility for the care …

verb

Push (someone or something) roughly.

Usage examples:

They started pushing and shoving people out of the way

noun

A strong push.

Usage examples:

She gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell

verb

Come into rough contact with while moving

noun

A light rowing boat used chiefly for carrying passengers.

Usage examples:

On sunday 2 june, the wherry albion will carry the original millennium flame from where it has been…