OARS

"OARS" is a plural of: oar.

Date "OARS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Literature

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OARS

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Cessation

Hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Quiescence

Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue).

Repose

Relax, unbend, slacken; take breath; (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause; (cease); stay one's hand.

Crosswords: OARS

Frisian (another, else, other).

I hear both of his oars aren't in the water. (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor)

I'm not rowing with both oars today. (The Bionic Woman; writing credit: Harve Bennett)

The men there use their dicks for oars. (Angel; writing credit: Joseph Michael Cala; Robert Vincent O'Neill)

And throw away the oars, forever. (Can't Fight This Feeling; performing artist: REO Speedwagon)

Are our oars oak? (references; author: unknown)

Flashing Oars (1927)

Boats Under Oars (1901)

Paired Oars (1983)

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Books

• Oars across the Pacific: 8,000 miles by rowing boat (reference)

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On the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Note the pulling boat at her stern, with oars manned. Photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Credit: NAVY.

Lanyard instinctively shipped oars and picked up the rifle. Credit: Library of Congress.

Peter Rabbit. "Ha! It's a beautiful mornin' for a row, I'll go an' get my oars". Credit: Library of Congress.

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There was something very queer about the water, she thought, as every now and then the oars got fast in it, and would hardly come out again.

In the waters of Malta, when a galley was approaching, they heard the song before they heard the oars.

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Economic History

Maldives

The fishing fleet consists of a number of small, flat-bottomed boats; these boats have shifted from using sails and oars to outboard motors. (references)

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Expressions using "OARS": back the oars ♦ feather the oars ♦ lie on one's oars ♦ ply one's oars ♦ rest on one's oars ♦ rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels ♦ rest upon one's oars ♦ ship oars ♦ stroke of the oars ♦ To back the oars ♦ To boat the oars ♦ To feather the oars ♦ To lie on the oars ♦ To muffle the oars ♦ To ship the oars ♦ To toss the oars ♦ To trail oars ♦ To unship the oars. Additional references.

Ending with "OARS": rowing-oars.

Albanian

bëj pushim (recess, rest on one's oars). (various references)

Finnish

huovata (back the oars, back water). (various references)

French

rame (oar), canoter. (various references)

German

Ruder (handlebars, helm, oar, rudder). (various references)

Greek 

μαζεύω τα κουπιά (ship oars). (various references)

Hungarian

nyolcevezős csónak (boat that pulls eight oars), hátraevez (to back the oars), hárompárevezős csónak (boat that rows six oars), evez (oar, paddle, pull, row, to ply the oars, to pull a boat, to pull an oar, to row, to scull, to scull a boat), erőteljes csapásokkal evez (to ply the oars). (various references)

Italian

remi. (various references)

Pig Latin

oarsay

Romanian

înceta sã mai vâsleascã (rest on one's oars). (various references)

Russian 

сушить весла (lie on oars, rest on oars), бездействовать (be inactive, lie dormant, lie on oars, non-act, rest on oars), почить на лаврах (lie on oars, repose on one's laurels, rest on oars, rest on one's laurels, retire on one's laurels). (various references)

Scottish

r� mhach (fitted with oars). (various references)

Spanish

remos. (various references)

Swedish

vila på lagrarna (lie on one's oars, rest on one's oars), vila på årorna (lie on one's oars), vila på årona (rest on one's oars), skeva vid rodd (feather the oars), årtag (stroke of the oars). (various references)

Turkish

siya etmek (back the oars, back water, backwater), pervaneyi ters işletmek (back the oars, back water), işi yavaşlatmak (drag one's feet, rest on one's oars), ağırdan almak (defer, drag, drag one's feet, go slow, procrastinate, rest on one's oars, slow down). (various references)

Ukrainian

налягти на весла (ply one's oars). (various references)

ala. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "OARS": oarsman, oarsmanship, oarsmanships, oarsmen, oarswoman, oarswomen. (additional references)

Words ending with "OARS": bezoars, boars, hoars, outroars, outsoars, roars, soars, uproars, upsoars. (additional references)

Words containing "OARS": coarse, coarsely, coarsen, coarsened, coarseness, coarsenesses, coarsening, coarsens, coarser, coarsest, hoarse, hoarsely, hoarsen, hoarsened, hoarseness, hoarsenesses, hoarsening, hoarsens, hoarser, hoarsest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"OARS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aor, doares, Iqrs, joars, joras, jr, noares, oaas, oabs, Oaes, oara, oard, oare, oares, oarg, oarl, oart, oary, Oasa, ocar, ogar, Ogard, ohares, ohaus, oics, ois, ojar, Olara, omars, onar, oors, opar, oraa, orac, orah, orai, oraj, Orams, orans, oras, Orasje, orass, oraw, orax, orq, orrs, Orsk, orst, orx, orz, osart, Osra, ourz, ovars, ozar, ozas. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: osar, soar, sora.

-1 letter: ars, oar, ora, ors, ras.

-2 letters: ar, as, or, os, so.

+1 letter: arose, arson, arvos, boars, boras, dorsa, faros, hoars, horas, moras, okras, orals, orcas, praos, proas, ratos, roads, roams, roans, roars, roast, rotas, sapor, sarod, saros, savor, soars, sofar, solar, sonar, soras, sowar, taros, toras.

+2 letters: abhors, aborts, absorb, acorns, across, actors, adores, adorns, adsorb, aggros, agoras, ahorse, algors, amours, aorist, aortas, aprons, arbors, ardors, argols, argons, argosy, argots, ariose, ariosi, arioso, aristo, arkose, armors, aroids, aromas, arouse, arrows, arseno, arsino, arsons, ashore, assort, aurous, barons, boards, boarts, borals, boyars, bravos, broads, carbos, cargos, carobs, carols, caroms, castor, claros, coarse, cobras, copras, corals, corsac, costar, croaks, dobras, dorsad, dorsal, douras, favors, floras, forams, forays, gators, gorals, groans, groats, hoards, hoarse, horahs, isobar, ixoras, jorams, jowars, karoos, kaross, korats, labors, largos, lorans, macros, majors, manors, mayors, molars, morals, morass, morays, narcos, norias, oaters, operas, orangs, orates, oreads, organs, orgasm, ottars, pareos, pargos, parols, parous, parson, parvos, pastor, payors, pharos, polars, racons, radios, radons, ramose, ramous, ramson, ransom, ratios, rayons, razors, reason, resoak, riojas, roasts, romans, rosary, rostra, rowans, royals, rugosa, safrol, sailor, salvor, sapors, sapour, sarode, sarods, sarong, sartor, satori, savior, savors, savory, savour, scoria, scrota, senora, serosa, shofar, shoran, soaker, soaper, soared, soarer, sofars, sonars, souari, soucar, sovran, sowars, sowcar, sporal, stator, storax, stroma, tabors, tarocs, taroks, tarots, tolars, torahs, troaks, tronas, upsoar, valors, vapors.