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/bɑːd͡ʒ/ · noun
(nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo..
Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.
I mean I couldn't sit there on that desk for the rest of my life, and besides, I was afraid my parents might barge in on me all of a sudden and I wanted to at least say hello to her before they did.
In making this extension, the Metropolitan also built a connection from Farringdon Street towards an overground railway that had just barged its way into the City from Kent. This railway was the London, Chatham & Dover.
The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.
Use barge when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Barge means (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo..
Common synonyms include lighter, hoy, flatboat, push forward.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Not far from the station can be seen one of the old barges of the Nar Navigation Company which has become so much a part of the bank it has a tree growing in it.
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