YACHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yacht mean? 

• YACHT (noun)
  The noun YACHT has 1 sense:

1. an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

  Familiarity information: YACHT used as a noun is very rare.

• YACHT (verb)
  The verb YACHT has 1 sense:

1. travel in a yacht

  Familiarity information: YACHT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YACHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

racing yacht; yacht

Hypernyms ("yacht" is a kind of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Derivation:

yacht (travel in a yacht)

• YACHT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel in a yacht

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "yacht" is one way to...):

boat (ride in a boat on water)

Domain category:

navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

yacht (an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing)

yachting (water travel for pleasure)

 Context examples 

He would not have to go to sea again—as a sailor; and for the instant he caught a vision of a steam yacht.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Both the yacht and he vanished utterly.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In fact, she was once a private yacht, and was built for speed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I must not forget that we went on board the yacht, where they all three descended into the cabin, and were busy with some papers.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You yacht against them, you hunt with them, you play polo, you match them in every game, your four-in-hand takes the prize at Olympia.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Leo also rules fine imported chocolates, fine wines, champagne and liquors, upscale spas, yachts, private planes, expensive, custom automobiles, castles, condos, and co-ops. You get the idea.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There were other writers who possessed steam yachts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My father’s yacht may well have been blown to the north, and there met by Captain Peter Carey’s ship.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He reined up his horse to salute my mother, and said he was going to Lowestoft to see some friends who were there with a yacht, and merrily proposed to take me on the saddle before him if I would like the ride.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He would buy a schooner—one of those yacht- like, coppered crafts that sailed like witches—and go trading copra and pearling among the islands.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)