oar

1. n An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom. Source: opted

2. n An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar. Source: opted

3. n An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Source: opted

4. v. t. & i. To row. Source: opted

5. n. an implement used to propel or steer a boat Source: wordnet

6. 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom. Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of the boat. 2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good car. 3. (Zoöl.) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock (Zoöl), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.] -- Spoon oar, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing. -- To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat. -- To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t. -- To lie on the oars, to cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest. -- To muffle the oars, to put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing. -- To put in one's oar, to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited. -- To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks. -- To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat. -- To trail oars, to allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat. -- To unship the oars, to take them out of the rowlocks. To row. "Oared himself." Shak. Oared with laboring arms. Pope. Source: webster

7. An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock(Zoöl), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.] -- Spoon oar, an oar having theblade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.-- To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.-- To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t.-- To lie on the oars, to cease pulling, raising the oars out ofwater, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to beidle; to rest.-- To muffle the oars, to put something round that part which restsin the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.-- To put in one's oar, to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of aperson who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.-- To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks.-- To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from therowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on thebottom of the boat.-- To trail oars, to allow them to trail in the water alongside ofthe boat.-- To unship the oars, to take them out of the rowlocks. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. an implement used to propel or steer a boat Source: ecdict

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