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Oar vs Oared - What's the difference?

oar | oared |

As verbs the difference between oar and oared

is that oar is to row; to propel with oars while oared is (oar), rowed.

As a noun oar

is 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.

As an adjective oared is

having oars.

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.
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  • 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.

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    oared

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having oars.
  • Derived terms

    * oared shrew

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oar), rowed.
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