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Oars

/ɔːz/

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 .

📖 Definitions of "Oars"

noun
  1. 1

    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 .

  2. 2

    An oarsman; a rower.

    "He is a good oar."

  3. 3

    An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

verb
  1. 1

    To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

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