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# barge

noun (a barge, barges); verb (barge, barges, barged, barging — barge in, barge into, barge past)

«barge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A barge is a long boat with a flat bottom used to carry heavy loads on rivers and canals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#m1)
2. (informal verb) To barge means to push roughly or rudely past people or into a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#m2)
3. To barge in means to interrupt or enter rudely without being asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons barges carry coal, sand or goods along canals and rivers; maths problems may ask how many tonnes a barge carries. In stories and manners lessons barging in is rude. Phrases: «barge in», «barge into», «barge past», «a canal barge».

### Examples

- A barge carried sand along the canal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x1)
- The barge can carry 300 tonnes; how many trips for 1,200 tonnes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x2)
- Some families live on narrow barges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x3)
- Don't barge in while I'm on the phone! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x4)
- He barged past me in the queue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x5)
- The dog barged into the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x6)
- Here a splendid barge was waiting for them, and from it they watched all sorts of races and feats of swimming and diving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun: a barge, barges. The verb is informal and shows rude, clumsy movement. In the UK a narrow canal boat is a «narrowboat», though people often call it a barge.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «barge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«barge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barge.html) on Mova free.