canoe
part of speech
noun (a canoe, canoes); verb (canoe, canoes, canoed, canoeing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A canoe is a light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends, that you move with a paddle. tree →
2) To canoe is to travel or paddle in a canoe. tree →
sense in the lessons
In outdoor education and water safety, children go canoeing on lakes and rivers with an instructor, always wearing a life jacket (buoyancy aid). In history, First Nations people of Canada and the USA and Maori in New Zealand built canoes for travel and fishing. Phrases: «paddle a canoe», «go canoeing», «paddle your own canoe» (look after yourself).
examples
- We paddled the canoe across the lake. tree →
- Always wear a life jacket in a canoe. tree →
- Canoes are pointed at both ends. tree →
- We went canoeing on the river at camp. tree →
- The Maori travelled in large canoes called waka. tree →
- Sit still or the canoe will tip over. tree →
- Native peoples made canoes from birch bark. tree →
- They canoed down the river for three days. tree →
- The canoe floated to the shore. tree →
note
Countable: a canoe, canoes. Spelling: the -ing form keeps the e: canoeing (not «canoing»). Past form: canoed. In British English a «canoe» sometimes includes kayaks; in a kayak you use a paddle with two blades, in a canoe usually one blade.
In the corpora
- The sea runs out so fast that the canoe is pulled past Selangor, Malacca and Singapore to the island of Bintang.
- The sea carries the canoe to Pusat Tasek, the Heart of the Sea, a great hollow where the Wonderful Tree grows.
- In a boat or canoe you always wear a life jacket that fits.
- Words such as hammock, canoe and hurricane came into English from the Taíno language.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «canoe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.