oar
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at…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.
» I need to buy a new a pair of oars for my rowboat.
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значень: 3A 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.
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An oarsman; a rower.
He is a good oar.
An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
- an implement used to propel or steer a boat
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речень: 29I need to buy a new a pair of oars for my rowboat.
I need to buy a new a set of oars for my rowboat.
Where are the oars?
ruГде вёсла?
Tom's oar broke.
Where's the oar?
ruГде весло?
deWo ist das Ruder?
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мов: 9За значеннями 1
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From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, fromFrom Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.
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