What is "boat"

Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb. n. Boating.]

1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

   To boat the oars. See under Oar.

Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel. b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. Bateau.]

1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

   Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.

2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

   Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.

   Advice boat. See under Advice.

   Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc.
   --Totten.

   Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.

   In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.]
   --F. W. Newman.

Boat \Boat\, v. i. To go or row in a boat.

I boated over, ran my craft aground.
--Tennyson.

Old English bat "boat, ship, vessel," from Proto-Germanic *bait- (cognates: Old Norse batr, Dutch boot, German Boot), possibly from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure) if the notion is of making a boat by hollowing out a tree trunk; or it may be an extension of the name for some part of a ship. French bateau "boat" is from Old English or Norse. Spanish batel, Italian battello, Medieval Latin batellus likewise probably are from Germanic.

n. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To travel by boat. 2 (context transitive English) To transport in a boat. 3 (context transitive English) To place in a boat.

1. n. a small vessel for travel on water

2. a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat]

v. ride in a boat on water

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of sizes designed to float, plane, work or travel on water. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways (e.g., rivers and lakes) or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed for operation from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard another vessel (a ship). Another less restrictive definition is a vessel that can be lifted out of the water. Some definitions do not make a distinction in size, as bulk freighters long on the Great Lakes are called oreboats. For reasons of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as 'boats' rather than ' ships', regardless of their size and shape. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on their larger size, shape and cargo or passenger capacity.

Boats have a wide variety of shapes, sizes and construction methods due to their intended purpose, available materials or local traditions. Canoe-type boats have been used since prehistoric times and various versions are used throughout the world for transportation, fishing or sport. Fishing boats vary widely in style partly to match local conditions. Pleasure boats include ski boats, pontoon boats, and sailboats. House boats may be used for vacationing or long-term housing. Small boats can provide transport or convey cargo ( lightering) to and from large ships. Lifeboats have rescue and safety functions. Boats can be powered by human power (e.g., rowboats), wind power (e.g., sailboats) and motor power (e.g., propellor-driven motorboats driven by gasoline or diesel engines).

A boat is a nautical craft of modest size.

Boat may also refer to:

Boat is a short film directed by David Lynch, released in 2007 on the DVD anthology Dynamic:01.

Boat (, translit. Boteu; , alt. title No Boys, No Cry, formerly known as House) is a 2009 film directed by Kim Young-nam and starring Ha Jung-woo and Satoshi Tsumabuki in the lead roles. It is a South Korean-Japanese co-production. The film charts the experiences and cross cultural friendship of a couple of smugglers.

Boat, usually stylized as BOAT, is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Their album Dress Like Your Idols was released in 2011 on Magic Marker Records and has received favorable reviews and notable press from major media outlets including Pitchfork Media, and AllMusic.

The band's sound has been compared to Built to Spill, The New Pornographers, and Superchunk.

thumb|upright=1|An example of Boat Boat is a set of boat-like works of mathematical art introduced by mathematical artist Hamid Naderi Yeganeh.

The work is defined by trigonometric functions. One instance is composed of 2000 line segments where for each k = 1, 2, 3, …, 2000 the endpoints of the k-th line segment are:

$$\left(\cos\left(\frac{6\pi k}{2000}\right)-i\cos\left(\frac{12\pi k}{2000}\right)\right)e^{\frac{3\pi i}{4}}$$
and

$$\left(\sin\left(\frac{4\pi k}{2000}+\frac{\pi}{8}\right)+i\sin\left(\frac{2\pi k}{2000}+\frac{\pi}{3}\right)\right)e^{\frac{3\pi i}{4}}$$
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