kedge
verb
Roget 267:
sail;
put to sea
etc.
(depart)
293;
take ship,
get under way;
set sail,
spread sail,
spread canvas;
gather way,
have way on;
make sail,
carry sail;
plow the waves,
plow the deep,
plow the main,
plow the ocean;
walk the waters.
navigate,
warp,
luff†,
scud,
boom,
kedge;
drift,
course,
cruise,
coast;
hug the shore,
hug the land;
circumnavigate.
ply the oar,
row,
paddle,
pull,
scull,
punt,
steam.
swim,
float;
buffet the waves,
ride the storm,
skim,
effleurer [Fr.],
dive,
wade.
fly,
be wafted,
hover,
soar,
flutter,
jet,
orbit,
rocket;
take wing,
take a flight,
take off,
ascend,
blast off,
land,
alight;
wing one's flight,
wing one's way;
aviate;
parachute,
jump,
glide.
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noun
Roget 273:
ship,
vessel,
sail;
craft,
bottom.
navy,
marine,
fleet,
flotilla;
shipping.
man of war
etc.
(combatant)
726;
transport,
tender,
storeship†;
merchant ship,
merchantman;
packet,
liner;
whaler,
slaver,
collier,
coaster,
lighter;
fishing boat,
pilot boat;
trawler,
hulk;
yacht;
baggala†;
floating hotel,
floating palace;
ocean greyhound.
ship,
bark,
barque,
brig,
snow,
hermaphrodite brig;
brigantine,
barkantine†;
schooner;
topsail schooner,
for and aft schooner,
three masted schooner;
chasse-maree [Fr.];
sloop,
cutter,
corvette,
clipper,
foist,
yawl,
dandy,
ketch,
smack,
lugger,
barge,
hoy†,
cat,
buss;
sailer,
sailing vessel;
windjammer;
steamer,
steamboat,
steamship,
liner,
ocean liner,
cruisp,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump,
beat,
blow,
bang,
slam,
dash;
punch,
thwack,
whack;
hit hard,
strike hard;
swap,
batter,
dowse†,
baste;
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor;
fetch one a blow;
poke at,
pip,
ship of the line;
destroyer,
cruiser,
frigate;
landing ship,
LST;
aircraft carrier,
carrier,
flattop [Coll.],
nuclear powered carrier;
submarine,
submersible,
atomic submarine.
boat,
pinnace,
launch;
life boat,
long boat,
jolly boat,
bum boat,
fly boat,
cock boat,
ferry boat,
canal boat;
swamp boat,
ark,
bully,
battery,
bateau [Can.],
broadhorn†,
dory,
droger†,
drogher;
dugout,
durham boat,
flatboat,
galiot†;
shallop†,
gig,
funny,
skiff,
dingy,
scow,
cockleshell,
wherry,
coble†,
punt,
cog,
kedge,
lerret†;
eight oar,
four oar,
pair oar;
randan†;
outrigger;
float,
raft,
pontoon;
prame†;
iceboat,
ice canoe,
ice yacht.
catamaran,
hydroplane,
hovercraft,
coracle,
gondola,
carvel†,
caravel;
felucca,
caique†,
canoe,
birch bark canoe,
dugout canoe;
galley,
galleyfoist†;
bilander†,
dogger†,
hooker,
howker†;
argosy,
carack†;
galliass†,
galleon;
polacca†,
polacre†,
tartane†,
junk,
lorcha†,
praam†,
proa†,
prahu†,
saick†,
sampan,
xebec,
dhow;
dahabeah†;
nuggah†;
kayak,
keel boat [U.S.],
log canoe,
pirogue;
quadrireme†,
trireme;
stern-wheeler [U.S.];
wanigan†,
wangan [U.S.],
wharf boat.
balloon;
airship,
aeroplane;
biplane,
monoplane,
triplane†;
hydroplane;
aerodrome;
air balloon,
pilot balloon,
fire balloon,
dirigible,
zeppelin;
aerostat,
Montgolfier;
kite,
parachute.
jet plane,
rocket plane,
jet liner,
turbojet,
prop-jet,
propeller plane;
corporate plane,
corporate jet,
private plane,
private aviation;
airline,
common carrier;
fighter,
bomber,
fighter-bomber,
escort plane,
spy plane;
supersonic aircraft,
subsonic aircraft.
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Roget 666:
refuge,
sanctuary,
retreat,
fastness;
acropolis;
keep,
last resort;
ward;
prison
etc.
752;
asylum,
ark,
home,
refuge for the destitute;
almshouse†;
hiding place
etc.
(ambush)
530;
sanctum sanctorum [Lat.]
etc.
(privacy)
893.
roadstead,
anchorage;
breakwater,
mole,
port,
haven;
harbor,
harbor of refuge;
seaport;
pier,
jetty,
embankment,
quay.
covert,
cover,
shelter,
screen,
lee wall,
wing,
shield,
umbrella;
barrier;
dashboard,
dasher [U.S.].
wall
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
fort
etc.
(defense)
717.
anchor,
kedge;
grapnel,
grappling iron;
sheet anchor,
killick†;
mainstay;
support
etc.
215;
cheek
etc.
706;
ballast.
jury mast;
vent-peg;
safety valve,
blow-off valve;
safety lamp;
lightning rod,
lightning conductor;
safety belt,
airbag,
seat belt;
antilock brakes,
antiskid tires,
snow tires.
means of escape
etc.
(escape)
671;
lifeboat,
lifejacket,
life buoy,
swimming belt,
cork jacket;
parachute,
plank,
steppingstone;
emergency landing.
safeguard
etc.
(protection)
664.
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Moby thesaurus: anchor, board, boom, cast anchor, cast loose, clap on ratlines, clear hawse, come to anchor, cut loose, disembark, dock, drop the hook, haul, haul down, heave, heave apeak, heave round, heave short, kedge off, lash, lash and tie, lay, lay aloft, lay anchor, log, moor, ratline down, spar down, stream the log, tie up, traverse a yard, unlash, warp ... show more.
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