| Oar 1. (n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom. 2. (n) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar. 3. (n) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. 4. (v. t. & i.) To row. Thesaurus Entries bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatman, boatsman, ferrier, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oarsman, paddle, pole, pull, punter, row, rower, scull, steering oar, sweep, waterman, yachter, yachtsman |