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Meanings of oar (oars) in English

A tool used for pushing against liquid, generally for the propulsion of a boat.

Usage of oars in English
1
In vain we pushed with the oars; the boat would not budge.
Driven Back to Eden
2
The oars were poised in the air as he caught the name.
Miss Dexie / A Romance of the Provinces
3
One seized the oars, and the other seated himself in the stern-sheets.
Old Jack
4
They got into the boat; but one of the oars was gone.
Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. A Story ...
5
Not a sound was heard except the oars turning in the row-locks.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
6
The only answer was the jerk and dip of the retreating oars.
For the Term of His Natural Life
7
In dead silence, with muffled oars, we pulled in towards the shore.
Old Jack
8
So crowded was the harbor that the oars of the boatmen interlocked.
The Lost Road
9
At the poplar they could still hear the sounds of the oars.
Mogens, and Other Stories
10
On the return, the young oarsmen were instructed in feathering their oars.
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
11
Again his ears were full of the sound of oars in water.
A Spirit in Prison
12
It is close by and the oars are out of the water.
The Woman with the Fan
13
The men bent to their oars; but they were not quick enough.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
14
Both were backing oars, sending up a great churning froth of water.
Stonewielder
15
Hollow sounds in the boat were succeeded by a splash of oars.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
16
We bent to the oars, and the boat shot through the water.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2.
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Oars through the time
Oars across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common