oar

[US]/ɔː(r)/
[UK]/ɔːr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long pole with a flat blade at one end, used for rowing or steering a boat; a person who rows with an oar
vt. to propel or steer a boat using oars
vi. to row a boat

Phrases & Collocations

wooden oar

paddle oar

oar blade

sculling oar

oarlock

oar handle

Example Sentences

an hour to oar the strait.

oaring the sea like madmen.

thedash of oars striking the water

oar slowly across the river

the blade of an oar; the blade of a food processor.

an oar skimming the surface of the pond.

An oar often acts as rudder.

rowers holding their oars apeak.

A four-oared galley is hovering about.

They oared strongly across the finish line.

he turned, feathering one oar slowly.

a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.

disentangled the oar from the water lilies;

he pulled at the oars and the boat moved swiftly through the water.

The music describes the fisherfolk on a boat shake a oars and inebriety in the mountain and river.

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