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oar
Part of speech: Verb Part of speech: NounA pole with a flat or spoonshaped blade at one end, used for rowing a boat; one who rows.
Usage examples "oar":- We were caught as fine as ye please, and when we tried to push her free we lost an oar. - "Between You and Me", Sir Harry Lauder.
- " And take care," said Harry, " that you don't scrape your bark on an oar as you do it." - "Viking Boys", Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby.
- She went on to say that if she couldn't have her kitchen to herself without the young gentlemen of the house putting their oar in, she would leave that day month. - "Bird of Paradise", Ada Leverson.