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Oar vs Are - What's the difference?

oar | are |

As a noun oar

is .

As a symbol are is

the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for the united arab emirates.

oar

English

(wikipedia oar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.
  • An oarsman; a rower.
  • He is a good oar .
  • (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
  • Synonyms

    * (implement used to propel a boat) paddle

    Derived terms

    * stick one's oar in

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To row; to propel with oars.
  • *
  • Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    are

    English

    (ARE)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) aren, from (etyl) earun, .

    Verb

    (head)
  • Mary, where are you going?
  • We are not coming.
  • Mary and John, are you listening?
  • They are here somewhere.
    Synonyms
    * (second-person singular) (archaic) art (used with thou )

    See also

    * am * is * art * be * being * been * beest * was * wast * were * wert

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) are.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
  • Usage notes
    * Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.
    Synonyms
    * (SI unit) (rare) square decametre
    Derived terms
    * centiare * decare * hectare

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