oar
IPA: ˈɔr
noun
- 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.
- (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
- Initialism of original aspect ratio. [(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.]
verb
- (literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
Examples of "oar" in Sentences
- The pirate with the oar winks at her.
- The oar ports are located below the row of gun ports.
- Their oar is on the same side of the boat as the bow rower.
- He fashioned the bokken out of a boat oar on his way to the island.
- This shall demonstrate ability to row by pulling an oar in the boat.
- The part of the oar the oarsman holds while rowing is called the handle.
- The oar and the scythe represent the city's nautical and agricultural roots.
- The effect is similar to how an oar appears bent at the surface of the water.
- The oar goes to every announced game with the class who is in possession of it.
- But I will try it as long as I have the oars and the short club and the tiller.