oar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an implement used to propel or steer a boat

WordNet

Oar noun
Etymology
AS. ar; akin to Icel. ar, Dan. aare, Sw. åra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. Rowlock.
Definitions
  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. ✍ 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 transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Oared ; present participle & verbal noun Oaring
Definitions
  1. To row. "Oared himself." Shak.
    Oared with laboring arms. Pope.

Webster 1913