oar

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q2003749}} 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.
2. An [[oarsman]]; a [[rower]].
3. {{lb|en|zoology}} An oar-like [[swim]]ming [[organ]] of various [[invertebrate]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|literary}} To [[row]]; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

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