barge

CEFRC1

/ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long flat boat used for carrying goods.

  2. 02

    verb

    To move somewhere roughly or without care.

Examples

  • I'm sorry to barge in like this.

  • You can't just barge in here whenever you feel like it.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

  2. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

  3. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

More examples

In context

  • I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.

  • Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.

  • The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.

Synonyms

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The heavy blank slowly carried coal down the narrow canal toward the factory.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.