A long narrow flat-bottomed boat used for transporting freight on rivers or canals: The slow-moving barge which was towed by a tugboat, was transporting coal up the waterway.

The barges were being used to move more fuel down the large natural stream.

Most barges on inland waterways are towed, but some of them are self-propelled.

In use since the dawn of history, barges were common on the Nile in ancient Egypt and some of them were highly decorated and used for carrying royalty.

1. To transport goods or products in a flat-bottomed boat that is pushed or towed: In order to cut down on transportation costs, the company barged their products into their primary distribution center.
2. To move or to push in a fast and often rude manner: Zola barged through the door without even knocking.

Reuben was getting upset because the other woman kept barging in on their conversation.

Coal and ore had been barged down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River where it was taken to a docking area to be unloaded.

The thief started to run away and barged into a woman on the sidewalk, knocking her down.

3. Etymology: the verb form of barge into dates from the 1830's and is primarily an American-English term."