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oar

Pronunciation: /ɔː/

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Definition of oar

noun

  • a pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water: she pulled hard on the oars
  • an oarsman; a rower: I was stroke oar and John was in the bow

verb

[with object]
  • propel with or as if with oars; row:oaring the sea like madmen [no object, with adverbial of direction]:oaring through the weeds

Phrases

put (or stick) one's oar in

informal, chiefly British give an opinion without being asked: she was talking to me just now, before you put your oar in

rest (US lay) on one's oars

relax one’s efforts.

Derivatives

oared

adjective
[in combination]:four-oared sculls

oarless

adjective

Origin:

Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Danish and Norwegian åre

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