BOATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boating mean? 

• BOATING (noun)
  The noun BOATING has 1 sense:

1. water travel for pleasure

  Familiarity information: BOATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water travel for pleasure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boating; yachting

Hypernyms ("boating" is a kind of...):

seafaring; water travel (travel by water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boating"):

bareboating (boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions)

Derivation:

boat (ride in a boat on water)

 Context examples 

Scarlet and gray boating suit, good enough for me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Such sites are also attractive to fishing and recreational boating, and collisions can injure sharks.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)

He was a good sailor, and I was but an indifferent one; and when he went out boating with Mr. Peggotty, which was a favourite amusement of his, I generally remained ashore.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Drowning precautions should include: • Fences around pools • Supervising children near any body of water, including tubs • Not swimming or boating when under the influence of alcohol or sedatives • Wearing life jackets when boating • Learning CPR

(Drowning, NIH)

It floods the banks, extends in great lagoons over a monstrous waste of country, and forms a huge district, called locally the Gapo, which is for the most part too marshy for foot-travel and too shallow for boating.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting," said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At Vevay, Laurie was never idle, but always walking, riding, boating, or studying in the most energetic manner, while Amy admired everything he did and followed his example as far and as fast as she could.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)