NOUN (1)

1. small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle;


VERB (1)

1. travel by canoe;
- Example: "canoe along the canal"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. Canoes. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean
   can['a]oa.]
   1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
      excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape.
      It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by
      sail, and has no rudder.
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            Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
            canoe.                                --Raleigh.
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   2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
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            A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
            water.                                --Longfellow.
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   3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
      who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It
      it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a
      temporary mast.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

canoe \ca*noe"\ (k[.a]*n[=oo]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed
   (k[.a]*n[=oo]d") p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing
   (k[.a]*n[=oo]"[i^]ng).]
   To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

canoe
    n 1: small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with
         a paddle
    v 1: travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

104 Moby Thesaurus words for "canoe":
   almadia, ark, auxiliary, barge, boat, buss, cargo boat, carry sail,
   cat, catamaran, circumnavigate, coast, cockle, cockleshell, cog,
   coracle, cross, cruise, cruiser, cutter, dinghy, dispatch boat,
   drifter, dugout, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, funny, galley,
   gig, glider, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, gondola,
   houseboat, hoy, hydrofoil, hydroplane, jolly, jolly boat, kayak,
   launch, lifeboat, lighter, longboat, mailer, make a passage,
   motorboat, navigate, outboard, outrigger canoe, pilot, pilot boat,
   pinnace, piragua, pirogue, ply, pontoon, post boat, pram, punt,
   racer, racing shell, randan, row, rowboat, rowing boat, run,
   runabout, sail, sail round, sail the sea, sampan, scooter, scow,
   scull, seafare, shallop, shell, showboat, skiff, small boat,
   sneakbox, steam, steamboat, surfboat, take a voyage, towboat,
   traverse, trawlboat, trawler, trimaran, trow, tug, tugboat, voyage,
   wanigan, whale-gig, whaleboat, wherry, yacht, yawl, yawl boat