Lifeboat
['laɪfbəʊt] or ['laɪfbot]
Definition
(noun.) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship.
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being in a life-boat, denotes escape from threatened evil. To see a life-boat sinking, friends will contribute to your distress. To be lost in a life-boat, you will be overcome with trouble, in which your friends will be included to some extent. If you are saved, you will escape a great calamity.
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Examples
- The hastily lowered lifeboat pointed a slim nose toward the large black shape thrashing about in the shallow water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The jolly-boat is gone—the steam pinnace is pretty well smashed up, so there are only the gig and the lifeboat to save forty-five lives. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Shanna