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oar
[ awr, ohr ]
noun
- a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- something resembling this or having a similar purpose.
- a person who rows; oarsman.
verb (used with object)
- to propel with or as if with oars; row.
- to traverse or make (one's way) by, or as if by, rowing.
verb (used without object)
- to row.
- to move or advance as if by rowing.
oar
/ É”Ë /
noun
- a long shaft of wood for propelling a boat by rowing, having a broad blade that is dipped into and pulled against the water. Oars were also used for steering certain kinds of ancient sailing boats
- short for oarsman
- put one's oar into interfere or interrupt
verb
- to row or propel with or as if with oars
the two men were oaring their way across the lake
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ç²¹°ùËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ´Ç²¹°ù±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ´Ç²¹°ùl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ´Ç²¹°ùl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of oar1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of oar1
Idioms and Phrases
- put in one's oar, to meddle; interfere:
He put in his oar and was told to mind his own business.
- rest on one's oars, to cease to make an effort; relax after exertion; stop working after success or completing a task:
Once he became president, he was content to rest on his oars.
More idioms and phrases containing oar
see put one's oar in .Example Sentences
We have no oars to steer, no one who knows how and millions of voters still think it’s a cheap thrill ride at a waterpark.
Slap the water with your paddle, oar or hand.
It was their influence that led him to first pick up an oar at Castle Dore Rowing Club.
You must know that his sword was as wide as the oars of a boat and could cut down a galloping warhorse.
Next, using that remarkable, newly discovered tool, his rodent teeth, he made two long oars, or sweeps, which he placed in notches he had gnawed out for oarlocks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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