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oar  (ôr, r)

n.

1. A long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat.

2. A person who rows a boat, especially in a race.

v. oared, oar·ing, oars

v.tr.

1. To propel with or as if with oars or an oar.

2. To traverse with or as if with oars or an oar: an hour to oar the strait.

v.intr.

To move forward by or as if by rowing: oared strongly across the finish line.

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[Middle English or, from Old English r.]

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oared adj.

oarless adj.

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oar

Noun

1. a long pole with a broad blade, used for rowing a boat

2. put or stick one's oar in to interfere or interrupt [Old English ār]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat vane, blade - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end boat paddle, paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat scull - each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman scull - a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward sweep oar, sweep - a long oar used in an open boat

Translations

oar [ɔːʳ] n → remo;

to put or shove one's oar in (fig col) → entrometerse

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oar [ɔːʳ] n → aviron m, rame f;

to put or shove one's oar in (fig) (inf) → mettre son grain de sel

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oar [ɔːʳ] n → Ruder nt;

to put or shove one's oar in (inf) (fig); mitmischen, sich einmischen

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oar [ɔːʳ] n → remo;

to put or shove one's oar in (fig col) → intromettersi

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oar

n oar [oː]

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