Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. | | 2. | showing wear or being worn out. | | 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. | —Idiom | 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. | |
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Boat Definition–noun | 1. | a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. | | 2. | a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. | | 3. | a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation. | | 5. | a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water. | | 6. | a serving dish resembling a boat: a gravy boat; a celery boat. | | 7. | Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to go in a boat: We boated down the Thames. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to transport in a boat: They boated us across the bay. | | 10. | to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship (def. 8). | —Idioms | 11. | in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat. | | 12. | miss the boat, Informal. | a. | to fail to take advantage of an opportunity: He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college. | | b. | to miss the point of; fail to understand: I missed the boat on that explanation. | | | 13. | rock the boat. rock 2 (def. 15). | |
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Loan Definition–noun | 1. | the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book. | | 2. | something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella? | | 5. | to lend (money) at interest. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to make a loan or loans; lend. | —Idiom | 7. | on loan, | a. | borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? | | b. | temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films. | | |
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