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# canoe

noun (a canoe, canoes); verb (canoe, canoes, canoed, canoeing)

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

## Everyday

1. A canoe is a light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends, that you move with a paddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#m1)
2. To canoe is to travel or paddle in a canoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x1)
- Always wear a life jacket in a canoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x2)
- Canoes are pointed at both ends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x3)
- We went canoeing on the river at camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x4)
- The Maori travelled in large canoes called waka. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x5)
- Sit still or the canoe will tip over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x6)
- Native peoples made canoes from birch bark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x7)
- They canoed down the river for three days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x8)
- The canoe floated to the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canoe/#x9)

### 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.

## On Mova

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