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Our vs Oar - What's the difference?

our | oar |

As a determiner our

is belonging to us.

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 a verb oar is

to row; to propel with oars.

our

English

(wikipedia our)

Determiner

  • Belonging to us.
  • * 2008 , Mike Knudson & Steve Wilkinson, Raymond and Graham Rule the School
  • Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
  • Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
  • *
  • Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
  • (Northern England, Scotland) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
  • 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.

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