Definitions for oarɔr, oʊr

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oarɔr, oʊr(n.)

  1. a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.

    Category: Navy

  2. Category: Navy

    Ref: oarsman.

  3. (v.t.)to propel with or as if with oars; row.

    Category: Navy, Nautical

  4. (v.i.)to row.

    Category: Navy, Nautical

Origin of oar:

bef. 900; ME ore, OE ār, c. ON ār

Princeton's WordNet

  1. oar(noun)

    an implement used to propel or steer a boat

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. oar(noun)ˈɔr

    one of two long sticks used to move a rowboat

Wiktionary

  1. oar(Noun)

    An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.

  2. oar(Verb)

    To row; to propel with oars.

  3. Origin: ar, from ár.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Oar(u)

    an implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom

  2. Oar(u)

    an oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar

  3. Oar(u)

    an oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates

  4. Oar(u)

    to row


Translations for oar

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

oar(noun)

a long piece of wood with a flat end for rowing a boat.

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