airo — meaning in English

English meaning

• oar noun A long pole with a flat blade used to row or steer a boat.
• scull noun A light, narrow rowing boat, or one of the pair of oars used to row it.
• sweep verb To clean a surface by brushing dirt or debris away, usually with a broom.

Senses

airo is used for these senses in English:

• oar 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.
• scull One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
• sweep A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

oar — full definition

1. noun A long pole with a flat blade used to row or steer a boat.
2. verb To row using oars.

scull — full definition

1. noun A light, narrow rowing boat, or one of the pair of oars used to row it.
2. verb To row a boat using one or two sculls.

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