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Oar

noun
/ɔː/
Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.nounA type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .
2.nounAn oarsman; a rower.
"He is a good oar."
3.nounAn oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
4.verbTo row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

Synonyms

paddlescullrowerscullercrewmantrainsetchassisbenchblockfixturesweeptrain

Rhymes With

implorecorefurthermoreabhorwhorefrorethereforescore
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