| barge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals). |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| ~ dredger | a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging. |
| ~ houseboat | a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling. |
| ~ pontoon | (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge. |
| ~ scow | a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold. |
| ~ norfolk wherry, wherry | sailing barge used especially in East Anglia. |
| v. (motion) | 2. barge, push forward, thrust ahead | push one's way.; "she barged into the meeting room" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| v. (motion) | 3. barge | transport by barge on a body of water. |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ ship, send, transport | transport commercially. |
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