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- Dictionarybarge/bɑːdʒ/
noun
- 1. a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers, either under its own power or towed by another.
verb
- 1. move forcefully or roughly: "we can't just barge into a private garden"
- 2. convey (freight) by barge.
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BARGE definition: 1. to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way: 2. a long boat with a flat…. Learn more.
a. A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft. b. A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies. 2. A powerboat reserved for the use of an admiral. v. barged, barg·ing, barg·es. v.tr.
: a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing. b. : a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship. c. : a roomy pleasure boat. especially : a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated. barge. 2 of 2. verb. barged; barging. transitive verb.
noun. a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter. a vessel of state used in pageants: elegantly decorated barges on the Grand Canal in Venice. Navy. a boat reserved for a flag officer.
1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals. Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.
BARGE meaning: 1. to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way: 2. a long boat with a flat…. Learn more.
A barge is a big, flat boat that can transport heavy goods over water. You might see a barge carrying a load of new cars down a river. Barges are useful for moving very heavy things along canals and rivers.
noun. /bɑːdʒ/ /bɑːrdʒ/ a large boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying goods and people on canals and rivers. They travel by barge. We spent the summer cruising the canals of France in a barge. Culture canals (= man-made channels of water for boats to travel along) were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the start of the .
barge meaning, definition, what is barge: a large low boat with a flat bottom, use...: Learn more.
a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom that is used to carry goods. barge. verb. informal uk / bɑːdʒ / us. barge past/through/ahead, etc. to walk somewhere quickly, pushing people or things out of the way: Fred barged through the crowd. Phrasal verbs. barge in/barge into sth.
