1syllable
oar
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Definitions ofoar
1noun
- A 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 .
- An oarsman; a rower.
Example: "He is a good oar."
- An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
1verb
- To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
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