barge
/ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/US/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/
barge noun: a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
Noun
barge (plural barges)
- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- 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.1958 June, Donald L. Gordon, “The Lynn & Dereham Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 396
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- 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.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- A large bus used for excursions.
Verb
barge (third-person singular simple present barges, present participle barging, simple past and past participle barged)
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
- 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.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 209
- In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 52
- To push someone.
- The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC
Proper noun capitalized: Barge
Barge (plural Barges)
- A surname.
barge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
barge in Hindi
- flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters
- बजरा bajrā
barge in Tamil
- பரிசல், படகு, மகிழ்ச்சிச் செலவுக்கான படகு, திறங்கெட இயங்கு, அலங்கோலமாகப் பெயர்த்துச் செல், திடுமென இடையே குதி
barge in Urdu
- بجرا
barge in Bengali
- মালবাহী বড় নৌকা, সমতল তলদেশবিশিষ্ট বড় নৌকা
More languagesFewer languages
- barge in Malayalam
- അടിവശം പരന്ന ഒരുതരം വളളം
- barge in Kannada
- ಹರಿಗೋಲು, ನಾವೆ, ತಾರಿ, ಸಮತಟ್ಟಾದ ದೋಣಿ
- barge in Gujarati
- બારકસ bārkas
- barge in Tagalog
- gabara
- barge in Persian
- دوبه dube
- barge in Vietnamese
- sà lan
Examples of barge in a sentence
- The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge.
- What makes you think you can just barge in and make demands of the CEO?
- Don't barge in on us like that again; we are presently having a meeting.
Synonyms of barge
Forms of barge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | barges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | barges |
| present participle | barging |
| past participle | barged |
| past | barged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Barges |
Origin of barge
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.
Words formed from barge
Phrases with barge
Words that rhyme with barge
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Questions about barge
- What does barge mean?
- Barge means a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- What is barge in Hindi?
- Barge in Hindi is बजरा (bajrā). See Barge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is barge?
- Barge can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce barge?
- Barge is pronounced /ˈbɑːd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of barge?
- The plural of barge is barges.
Words near barge in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: barge (page history and authors); Barge (page history and authors); barge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barge (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બારકસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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