barge

Other forms of barge

plural

barges·

past tense

barged·

present participle

barging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about barge

What does barge mean?

barge means "push one's way". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in barge?

barge has 1 syllable: barge. In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹdʒ/.

What is another word for barge?

Close synonyms include thrust ahead, push forward, flatboat, hoy, lighter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barge a common word?

barge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.