Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 21 compound words that contain oar. The most common are listed below. Open oar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- oar bladeThe flanged portion of an oar; not the handle nor the shaft.
- easy-oarTo stop rowing.
- pair-oarA boat rowed with two oars.
- laboring oarAn oar that is worked with great effort.
- oar in someone's boatAn interest in someone else's affairs, possibly through meddling.
- stick one's oar inTo meddle; to stick one's nose into (something)
- eight-oarSynonym of eight (“narrow rowing boat with eight rowers”).
- oar bladesplural of oar blade: The flanged portion of an oar; not the handle nor the shaft.
- oar-holeAlternative form of oarhole: a slot or opening in the side of a galley or ship through which an oar is fitted
- oar-holesplural of oar-hole: a slot or opening in the side of a galley or ship through which an oar is fitted
- spoon oarAn oar with a curved blade to assist in rowing.
- pull an oarTo contribute toward a group effort.
- labouring oarAlternative spelling of laboring oar: An oar that is worked with great effort.
- put in an oarSynonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- puts in an oarthird-person singular simple present indicative of put in an oar: Synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- putting in an oarpresent participle and gerund of put in an oar
- put in one's oarSynonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- puts in one's oarthird-person singular simple present indicative of put in one's oar: Synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- putting in one's oarpresent participle and gerund of put in one's oar
- put one's oar inSynonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- puts one's oar inthird-person singular simple present indicative of put one's oar in: Synonym of stick one's oar in (“to interfere”).
- putting one's oar inpresent participle and gerund of put one's oar in
- sticking one's oar inpresent participle and gerund of stick one's oar in
- sticks one's oar inthird-person singular simple present indicative of stick one's oar in: To meddle; to stick one's nose into (something)
- stuck one's oar insimple past and past participle of stick one's oar in
Compound words 21
- oarlockA usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
- oarfishA large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
- oarageThe act of using oars; rowing.
- oarholea slot or opening in the side of a galley or ship through which an oar is fitted
- oarweedA brown alga, Laminaria digitata, found on exposed shores.
- oaryLike an oar
- oarlessWithout oars.
- oarlikeResembling or characteristic of an oar.
- bezoarA mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- Quaoarthe Tongva god of creation.