Synonyms for oaring
- drift
- navigate
- slop
- splash
- wade
- boat
- cruise
- drive
- oar
- pull
- row
- scull
- stir
- sweep
- thrash
- cut water
- run rapids
- sky an oar
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Antonyms for oaring
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OARING
A bloody fool I was all yesterday, an' oaring with my picture-frame.
He made a great work with his elbows as he went, working them backward and forward at his sides as though he was oaring a boat.
WORD ORIGIN
Old English ar "oar," from Proto-Germanic *airo (cf. Old Norse ar, Danish aare, Swedish åra), of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin remus "oar," Greek eretes "rower," eretmos "oar."
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