oared
[awrd, ohrd]
- furnished with oars.
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Origin of oared
oar
[awr, ohr]
- a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- something resembling this or having a similar purpose.
- a person who rows; oarsman.
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- to propel with or as if with oars; row.
- to traverse or make (one's way) by, or as if by, rowing.
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- to row.
- to move or advance as if by rowing.
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- put in one's oar, to meddle; interfere: He put in his oar and was told to mind his own business.
- rest on one's oars, to cease to make an effort; relax after exertion; stop working after success or completing a task: Once he became president, he was content to rest on his oars.
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Origin of oar
before 900; Middle English ore, Old English ār; cognate with Old Norse ār
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The master-of-camp arrived with his ship, ahead of the oared praus.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803E.H. Blair
Many boats plied to and fro, oared by jolly young watermen who dreamt not of railways and steam-launches.
DustJulian Hawthorne
The boat you must bring to the landing is the twenty-six oared barge, which Malcolm MacLeod builded so well.
A Prince of Good FellowsRobert Barr
And yet no one oared for him, while of course the out-and-out champions of the rival side hated him.
The Cock-House at FellsgarthTalbot Baines Reed
The life–boats are of different sizes—six, eight, ten and twelve–oared.
Fighting the SeaEdward A. Rand
oared
- equipped with oars
- (in combination) having oars as specifiedtwo-oared
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oar
- a long shaft of wood for propelling a boat by rowing, having a broad blade that is dipped into and pulled against the water. Oars were also used for steering certain kinds of ancient sailing boats
- short for oarsman
- put one's oar in to interfere or interrupt
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- to row or propel with or as if with oarsthe two men were oaring their way across the lake
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Word Origin
Old English ār, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse ār
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Word Origin and History for oared
oar
n.
Old English ar "oar," from Proto-Germanic *airo (cf. Old Norse ar, Danish aare, Swedish åra), of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin remus "oar," Greek eretes "rower," eretmos "oar."
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Idioms and Phrases with oared
oar
see put one's oar in.
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