boat

[US]/bəʊt/
[UK]/boʊt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pieni vesikulkuneuvo vetenä; suuri vesikulkuneuvo tavaroiden tai ihmisten kuljetukseen

vi. matkustaa tai liikkua veneellä
Word Forms
Third Person Singularboats
Past Participleboated
Pluralboats
Past Tenseboated
Present Participleboating

Phrases & Collocations

sailboat

purjevene

fishing boat

kalastusvene

speedboat

pikavenekäyttö

rowing boat

rowingvene

Example Sentences

The boat was overset.

Venä laitettiin kumoon.

A boat is on the water.

Vene on vedessä.

The boat is afloat.

Vene on pinnalla.

furnish a boat with care.

Huolehdi veneestä.

head the boat for shore

Ohjaa vene rantaan.

The boat underran the bridge.

Vene ohitti sillan.

The boat underrun the bridge.

Vene ohitti sillan.

a boat on a twilit river.

Vene hämärtyvällä joella.

Make the boat fast.

Kiinnitä vene.

to shove a boat into the water

Työntää vene veteen.

The boat came alongside.

Vene tuli vierelle.

They are boating on the lake.

He ovat veneilemässä järvellä.

The boat left for the isles.

Vene lähti saarille.

The boat shot the rapids.

Vene läiskähti kosken läpi.

the tiller of a boat

Veneen ruori

the boat's anchor would not hold.

Veneen ankkuri ei pitänyt.

Real-world Examples

We rowed a boat on the lake.

Source: New Standard English for Primary School, Grade 4, Volume 2 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Which suggests that a rising tide really does lift all boats.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds May 2018 Collection

There are some boats on the river.

Source: New Concept English: British English Version, Book 1 (Translation)

Yes, there is and there are some small boats.

Source: People's Education Press PEP Elementary School English Grade 5 Textbook Volume 1

You men, leave off. You'll capsize the boat.

Source: Dunkirk Selection

" I shall get the boat across the moat, " says Goat.

Source: I love phonics.

Metaphorically speaking, " You're gonna need a bigger boat."

Source: The Economist - Arts

The fisherman almost drowned when his little boat overturned.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Edmond swam on a course that would intercept the boat.

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo: Selected Edition

We steered the boat toward land.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

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