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Definition of oars:

(n) : A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
(n) : An oarsman; a rower.
(v) : (literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
(n) : (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
(n) : Initialism of original aspect ratio. [(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.]

Definition of oars:

(n) : A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
(n) : An oarsman; a rower.
(v) : (literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
(n) : (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
(n) : Initialism of original aspect ratio. [(cinematography) The aspect ratio of the rectangular shape that the director intended his or her motion picture to be viewed in, as opposed to modified aspect ratio.]

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