oar

C2 Topic:Transportation

US /oɹ/ UK /ɔː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

ore /oɹ/

Freq #21601

Meanings

1

noun
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.

The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile...
2

noun
An oarsman; a rower.

He is a good oar.
3

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

The weather was fine, and whilst oaring along I would fain have landed on the islands between; but fearful of a change, and already half worn-out by my previous trail, I let them go by with the comforting resolve of turning them up on some future occasion.
4

noun
an implement used to propel or steer a boat

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a type of lever used to... paddle

Word family

Derived forms eight-oaroar-holeoarageoarfishoarholeoarlessoarlikeoarlockoarswomanoarweedoary

Etymology

From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.

Topics

Transportation

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# oar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /oɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɔː/
**Frequency rank:** 21601

## Meanings
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. An oarsman; a rower.
3. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
4. an implement used to propel or steer a boat

## Examples
- The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile...
- He is a good oar.
- The weather was fine, and whilst oaring along I would fain have landed on the islands between; but fearful of a change, and already half worn-out by my previous trail, I let them go by with the comforting resolve of turning them up on some future occasion.

## Derived Forms
- eight-oar
- oar-hole
- oarage
- oarfish
- oarhole
- oarless
- oarlike
- oarlock
- oarswoman
- oarweed
- oary

## Etymology
From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.

## Topics
- Transportation

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