oar

1. 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.

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2. An oarsman; a rower.

   He is a good oar.

3. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

1. I need to buy a new a pair of oars for my rowboat.

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2. I need to buy a new a set of oars for my rowboat.

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3. Where are the oars?

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4. Tom's oar broke.

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5. Where's the oar?

   ruГде весло?

   deWo ist das Ruder?

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