canoe
verb/kəˈnuː/
/kəˈnuː/
[intransitive] (often go canoeing)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they canoe | /kəˈnuː/ /kəˈnuː/ |
| he / she / it canoes | /kəˈnuːz/ /kəˈnuːz/ |
| past simple canoed | /kəˈnuːd/ /kəˈnuːd/ |
| past participle canoed | /kəˈnuːd/ /kəˈnuːd/ |
| -ing form canoeing | /kəˈnuːɪŋ/ /kəˈnuːɪŋ/ |
- to travel in a canoe
- Last summer we went canoeing on the River Wye.
- She dreamed of canoeing down the Amazon.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish canoa, from Arawak, from Carib canaoua.Want to learn more?
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