oar

Plural: oars

Noun

• an implement used to propel or steer a boat
• 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.
• An oarsman; a rower.
• An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Verb

Verb Forms: oared, oaring, oars

• To propel a boat using long, flat-bladed poles.
• To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

Examples

• He is a good oar.
• You have to OAR your way through these tough tile racks, one letter at a time.

Synonyms

paddle

Anagrams of oar