boated

past tense of boat
as in sailed
to travel on water in a vessel boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay

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Recent Examples of boated Over two partial days and one full day of fishing – roughly 15 hours total – the three of us boated 53 catfish up to 25 pounds. Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025 Our entire party boated across its clear, cool waters to an isolated beach for a picnic and a swim. David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • The final pass of the game from the 11 sailed out of bounds and incomplete.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Balloons in red and white dotted the sky, as the yachts with flags in the same colors sailed by.
    Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Guests were ferried in high-speed elevators to the vacant 49th floor of a new office tower in the city’s futuristic King Abdullah Financial District to take in vast cityscapes, and highlights of the British designer’s fall 2025 and spring 2026 collections.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Boated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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