boating

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
boating
    n 1: water travel for pleasure [syn: {boating}, {yachting}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
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   {To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Boating \Boat"ing\, n.
   1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an
      amusement; carriage in boats.
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   2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying
      them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to
      perish.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "boating":
      canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising, gunkholing,
      motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation, passage-making,
      periplus, rowing, sailing, sculling, sea travel, seafaring,
      steaming, travel by water, voyaging, water travel, yachting
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