to oar

Examples

• All

• After a long day of fishing, they planned to oar back to the dock at sunset.

• It's just you're rowing, you're rowing, sailing.

• What What Elon has done is he's formulated A methodology that gets them to all row in the same direction for the benefit of Elon.

• Because now I'm from Philly and a lot of people don't know that Philly is a huge, huge rowing town very quietly kept.

• I, I, I think, but all right, you know, also our tiny people out there are coxon's for rowing The, the Cox I used to row so they don't take up weight in the boat.

• We need to oar quickly to reach the shore before the storm arrives.

Synonyms

P

to pull

vsto oar

123 5.0

To move a boat by using oars

means the complete action of moving the boat rather than just operating handles

R

to row

vsto oar

62 1.0

To move a boat using oars

is the alternate common verb for the same movement

B

to boat

vsto oar

10 1.0

To travel on water in a small vehicle like a rowboat or motorboat

focuses on actively moving the craft by manual propulsion rather than passive riding

S

to scull

vsto oar

• Specialized

1 7.7

To move a small boat using one or two oars you hold and move side to side

describes the general action without that specific side to side technique

Antonyms

D

to drift

331 2.9

To move slowly without a clear direction, for example when air or water move something

Idioms

S

to stick one's oar in

• Informal

8.6

To get involved in other people's business when they do not ask for help

Compounds

L

laboring oar

• Archaic

9.9

A person who does most of the work in a group

S

sweep oar

• Specialized

9.3

A long paddle one person holds with both hands to row a boat

Surface Forms

Etymology