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Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the country to market.
Leonard Boswell

Meaning of "barge" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BARGE

From Old French, from Medieval Latin barga, probably from Late Latin barca a small boat.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BARGE

barge  [bɑːdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Barge is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb barge in English.

WHAT DOES BARGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barge

Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed or pushed by towboats. Canal barges, towed by draft animals on an adjacent towpath, contended with the railway in the early industrial revolution, but were outcompeted in the carriage of high-value items due to the higher speed, falling costs, and route flexibility of rail.

Definition of barge in the English dictionary

The first definition of barge in the dictionary is a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp on canals. Other definition of barge is a vessel, often decorated, used in pageants, for state occasions, etc. Barge is also a boat allocated to a flag officer, used esp for ceremonial occasions and often carried on board his flagship.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BARGE

PRESENT

Present
I barge
you barge
he/she/it barges
we barge
you barge
they barge
Present continuous
I am barging
you are barging
he/she/it is barging
we are barging
you are barging
they are barging
Present perfect
I have barged
you have barged
he/she/it has barged
we have barged
you have barged
they have barged
Present perfect continuous
I have been barging
you have been barging
he/she/it has been barging
we have been barging
you have been barging
they have been barging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I barged
you barged
he/she/it barged
we barged
you barged
they barged
Past continuous
I was barging
you were barging
he/she/it was barging
we were barging
you were barging
they were barging
Past perfect
I had barged
you had barged
he/she/it had barged
we had barged
you had barged
they had barged
Past perfect continuous
I had been barging
you had been barging
he/she/it had been barging
we had been barging
you had been barging
they had been barging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will barge
you will barge
he/she/it will barge
we will barge
you will barge
they will barge
Future continuous
I will be barging
you will be barging
he/she/it will be barging
we will be barging
you will be barging
they will be barging
Future perfect
I will have barged
you will have barged
he/she/it will have barged
we will have barged
you will have barged
they will have barged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been barging
you will have been barging
he/she/it will have been barging
we will have been barging
you will have been barging
they will have been barging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would barge
you would barge
he/she/it would barge
we would barge
you would barge
they would barge
Conditional continuous
I would be barging
you would be barging
he/she/it would be barging
we would be barging
you would be barging
they would be barging
Conditional perfect
I would have barge
you would have barge
he/she/it would have barge
we would have barge
you would have barge
they would have barge
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been barging
you would have been barging
he/she/it would have been barging
we would have been barging
you would have been barging
they would have been barging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you barge
we let´s barge
you barge
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to barge
Past participle
barged
Present Participle
barging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARGE


charge
tʃɑːdʒ
congressman-at-large
ˌkɒŋɡrɛsmənətˈlɑːdʒ
discharge
dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ
enlarge
ɪnˈlɑːdʒ
escamotage
ɛˌskæməˈtɑːdʒ
large
lɑːdʒ
marg
mɑːdʒ
marge
mɑːdʒ
overcharge
ˌəʊvəˈtʃɑːdʒ
precharge
priːˈtʃɑːdʒ
raj
rɑːdʒ
recharge
riːˈtʃɑːdʒ
sarge
sɑːdʒ
sparge
spɑːdʒ
supercharge
ˈsuːpəˌtʃɑːdʒ
surcharge
ˈsɜːˌtʃɑːdʒ
swaraj
swəˈrɑːdʒ
taj
tɑːdʒ
targe
tɑːdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARGE

bargaining
bargaining agent
bargaining chip
bargaining counter
bargaining level
bargaining position
bargaining power
bargaining scope
bargaining table
bargaining unit
barge couple
barge course
bargeboard
bargee
bargello
bargeman
bargemaster
bargemen
bargepole
barghest

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARGE

ambassador-at-large
at large
by and large
call-out charge
corona discharge
delivery charge
depth charge
electric charge
electric discharge
fixed charge
free of charge
glow discharge
in charge
in large
loom large
negative charge
reverse-charge
service charge
turbo-charge
writ large

Synonyms and antonyms of barge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BARGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «barge» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of barge

Translation of «barge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARGE

Find out the translation of barge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

驳船
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barcaza
570 millions of speakers

English

barge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बजरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زَوْرَق لِنَقْل البَضَائِع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

баржа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barcaça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিশতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péniche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tongkang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schleppkahn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バージ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바지선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barge
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sà lan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बागे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mavna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiatta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

баржа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

barjă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορτηγίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pråm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lekter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barge

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARGE»

The term «barge» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «barge» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «barge» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barge

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «BARGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barge.
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Leonard Boswell
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this region of the country to market.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARGE»

Discover the use of barge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bingo Barge Murder
Shay O'Hanlon's life as co-owner of The Rabbit Hole, a quirky-cool Minneapolis coffee shop, is well caffeinated, but far from dangerous.
Jessie Chandler, 2011
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The Barge Ghost
Taking a job working as salmon processors in Alaska, college students Sunny and Bree hear rumors that the barge they are working on may be haunted.
Teri Thomas, 2010
3
The Little Book of Big Decisions
Praise for The Little Book of Big Decisions. Boscoe Pertwee famously said, "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." He obviously hadn't read Peter Barge's Succinct and insightful primer - gut you should.
Peter Barge, 2006
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Barge Canal Bulletin ...
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. BARGE CANAL. Barge Canal Work Finished. Cost of Work on Contracts Which Have Been Completed and Closed. CONTRACTOR. Empire Engineering Corporation Holler & Shepard c A. A. ...
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor, 1918
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Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, Third Edition
If a barge is to be seated, fully submerged, on an underwater embankment or on the seafloor in relatively shallow water, then it can be tipped down, one end first. Thus, the beam of the barge and the inclined water plane provide stability at this  ...
Ben C. Gerwick, Jr, 2007
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The Barge
39 The barge goes to Delaware Bay. There is a broken boat stranded in the bay. There is a storm that's coming in. The barge pulls them back to land. The the barge has to takes a crude of oil to Shell in Pa. One whale can not push a barge.
Lawrence J. Rizzo, 2010
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Geohydrology of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal Area With ...
The Barge Canal route probably crosses the axis of the Arch between Orange Springs and Ocala. The axis of the Ocala Uplift parallels the Peninsular Arch for nearly 200 miles through the northern half of Florida. It extends from Madison ...
Glen L. Faulkner, 1973
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Admiralty and Maritime Law
We remand to the district court the issue of the barge's in rem liability to Dant & Russell. Facts In December 1981, appellant Pacific Hawaiian (“Pacific”), owner of the Barge NORTON SOUND, demise chartered the barge to Hvide Marine ...
Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies, 2006
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Report on the Barge Canal from the Hudson River to the Great ...
that at this point we need to put in large terminals, that will be free to the public, and in connection with the Barge canal line of Barge canal boats from the terminals that we will build here we will be enabled to send our Barge canal terminal ...
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor, 1911
10
Iowa barge terminal directory
Information about Iowa's Mississippi and Missouri River barge terminals, including fleeting and harbor services.
Iowa. Rail and Water Division, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barge is used in the context of the following news items.
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Barge sinks after it strikes a railroad bridge
A portion of a sunken barge peeks out from the swollen Mississippi River just south of the Thebes, Illinois, railroad bridge Monday. «Southeast Missourian, Jul 15»
2
A lone policeman fends off gatecrashers trying to barge into Wireless
On Friday we captured the raucous scene of gatecrashers trying to barge their way into Wireless Festival. From inside the gates just two ... «Metro, Jul 15»
3
Pontoon boat, barge collide; 2 dead, 3 missing
Two people were killed and three remained missing after the pontoon boat they were riding on hit a barge and capsized in the Ohio River, ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Two killed, three missing after boat hits barge on Ohio River
Two people died and three others were missing and presumed dead when a pontoon boat carrying Fourth of July revelers struck a work barge ... «Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Jul 15»
5
Launches 300 feet barge from barge carrier-another 300 feet barge
Eversafe Marine launched one 300 feet barge from the barge carrier, another 300 feet barge with marine airbags in Guinea KAMSAR port. «Maritime Professional, Jul 15»
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UPDATE: Search resumes for three missing people after fatal boat …
... they say a pontoon boat apparently hit a staging barge for the Downtown Crossing portion of the Ohio River Bridges Project Saturday night. «WDRB, Jul 15»
7
Barge could be coming to dredge Canyon Lake in Rapid City
Grace Weeks, right, paddles in front of Dariyan Englund last week at Canyon Lake. The city is considering using a hydraulic barge to remove ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
8
This Week in History - A barge terminal for Syracuse
96 Years Ago: On July 12, 1921, the first full cargo shipment unloaded at the Syracuse Barge Canal Terminal. Started in 1905 and completed in ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
9
1600 passengers stranded as 'Egay' disrupts sea travel
Tropical Depression Egay disrupted the sea travel of at least 1,600 passengers and forced a barge to run aground on Friday. The barge ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
10
Downriver move possible for barge facility
While concerns remain about a proposed barge cleaning facility on River Road, some say a proposal to move it about a half mile further ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»

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