"lifeboat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-lifeboat.ogg Forms: lifeboats [plural]
Etymology: From life + boat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|life|boat}} life + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifeboat (plural lifeboats)
  1. (nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship). Categories (topical): Nautical, Watercraft Translations (a boat to save shipwrecked people): قَارِب نَجَاةَ (qārib najāha) [masculine] (Arabic), спасителна лодка (spasitelna lodka) (Bulgarian), bot salvavides [masculine] (Catalan), 救生船 (jiùshēngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 救生艇 (jiùshēngtǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), záchranný člun [masculine] (Czech), reddingsboot [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), pelastusvene (Finnish), radeau de survie [masculine] (French), Rettungsboot [neuter] (German), જીવાહોડી (jīvāhoḍī) (Gujarati), סירת הצלה (Hebrew), mentőcsónak (Hungarian), björgunarbátur [masculine] (Icelandic), sekoci (Indonesian), scialuppa [feminine] (Italian), 救命ボート (kyūmei bōto) (alt: きゅうめいボート) (Japanese), glābšanas laivas (Latvian), poti whakaora (Maori), poti kārewa (Maori), baté d'sauvetage [masculine] (Norman), livbåt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), livbåt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), łódź ratunkowa [feminine] (Polish), barco salva-vidas [masculine] (Portuguese), спаса́тельная ло́дка (spasátelʹnaja lódka) [feminine] (Russian), bàta-teasairginn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bàta-sàbhalaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), чамац за спасавање [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), čamac za spasavanje [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bote salvavidas [masculine] (Spanish), livbåt [common-gender] (Swedish), เรือชูชีพ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-lifeboat-en-noun-4WH66HmW Disambiguation of Watercraft: 45 49 6 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'a boat to save shipwrecked people': 97 3
  2. (science fiction) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Watercraft
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quarter boat, rowboat, raft Derived forms: LEM lifeboat, lifeboat ethics, lifeboatman, LM lifeboat, lunar lifeboat

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-lifeboat.ogg Forms: lifeboats [present, singular, third-person], lifeboating [participle, present], lifeboated [participle, past], lifeboated [past]
Etymology: From life + boat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|life|boat}} life + boat Head templates: {{en-verb}} lifeboat (third-person singular simple present lifeboats, present participle lifeboating, simple past and past participle lifeboated)
  1. To rescue; to carry to safety
    Sense id: en-lifeboat-en-verb-CZTIgmw2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "救生船"
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "pelastusvene"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "radeau de survie"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "જીવાહોડી"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "סירת הצלה"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "mentőcsónak"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "björgunarbátur"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "sekoci"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scialuppa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゅうめいボート",
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      "roman": "kyūmei bōto",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "救命ボート"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "glābšanas laivas"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "poti whakaora"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "poti kārewa"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "baté d'sauvetage"
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      "word": "livbåt"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "łódź ratunkowa"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barco salva-vidas"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "spasátelʹnaja lódka",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "спаса́тельная ло́дка"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
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      "word": "bàta-teasairginn"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
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      "word": "bàta-sàbhalaidh"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чамац за спасавање"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "čamac za spasavanje"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bote salvavidas"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "livbåt"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
      "word": "เรือชูชีพ"
    }
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