Definition of: oar

(ôr, ōr) noun
1. A wooden implement for propelling or, occasionally, for steering a boat, consisting of a long shaft with a blade at one end.
2. An oarsman.
3. An oarlike appendage in certain worms.
—v.t.
1. To propel with or as with oars; row.
2. To make (one's way) or traverse (water) with or as with oars.
—v.i.
3. To proceed by or as by rowing; row. ♦ Homophone: ore. [OE ār]
—oar′·less adjective