(n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
(n) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
(n) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
(v. t. & i.) To row.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine which dimensions of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) would best predict the status of the medically disabled elderly, veteran inpatients, outpatients, and nonpatient volunteers were administered the multidimensional functional assessment portion of the OARS.
(2) Although the vast majority (83.2%) of subjects were fully independent on the Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale, a broader scope of functional difficulty was reported on the Spector-Katz, five-item OARS, and Rosow-Breslau scales.
(3) In the simpler method, used for rotation techniques, the off-axis ratio (OAR) is calculated from the equation.
(4) 5.41pm BST 38 min: Now it's Oar terrorising the Netherlands!
(5) Recent refinements in the OARS methodology include new information about validity and reliability, computerized summary ratings for the five dimensions of functional status, and eleven scales that measure specific aspects of functioning within the five dimensions.
(6) From a midfield freekick, Oar drops the ball on the penalty spot and the only player there to welcome it is Spiranovic!
(7) The differences at the finish were a result of the lifting of the oar from the water not exhibited in ergometer rowing.
(8) 6.20pm BST 62 min: Janmaart takes Oar's legs from him but he retrieves them to curl in a freekick towards the gold shirts lining up along the edge of the Dutch penalty area.
(9) Oar exploded into space and, really, should have taken the opportunity to shoot.
(10) Kinetics for the base-catalyzed hydrolysis of compounds 9--13 were investigated by UV and NMR methods and are considered in connection with service of these compounds as pro(phosphorodiamidic acid mustards) [MP(O)(NHR)OAr leads to MP(O)(NHR)OH] via an E1cB mechanism involving the intermediacy of a mustard-bearing metaphosphorodiimide [MP(O)=NR].
(11) Kobach, who took a doctorate in politics from Brasenose college, Oxford, has a rowing oar from his 1991 Isis crew on the wall of his state office, along with the heads of two deer that he shot, he says, with a bow.
(12) Athletes in Rio test events have tried many tricks and treatments to avoid falling ill, including bleaching rowing oars, hosing off their bodies the second they finish competing, and preemptively taking antibiotics which have no effect on viruses.
(13) Inpatients showed significantly more impaired ratings on all five of the OARS subscales than the outpatients and nonpatients, while outpatients were more impaired than nonpatients on two of the subscales (mental health and activities of daily living).
(14) An approximate calculation of the ratio of the power put into the boat's motion to the power lost as water movement in the oar "puddle" suggests that increasing the blade area of the oar will result in improved efficiency.
(15) Measures included assessments of social network using components of the OARS, family satisfaction using the APGAR, family cohesion and adaptability using the FACES II, alcohol abuse using the CAGE, and indicators of health-protective behaviors.
(16) The oar-like crossbridge cycle, developed up to the mid-1970's, was shown to be inconsistent with more recent biochemical results.
(17) Davidson and Oar combine wonderfully on the left with a one-two and Oar almost gets clear in the Dutch box, which is an unfortunate combination of words, but what can you do?
(18) Axopods of the planktonic protozoan, Sticholonche, are used as oars to propel the organism through seawater.
(19) A measurement model of mental health for the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) questionnaire is described.
(20) 5.11pm BST 7 min: Leckie, then Oar, give Cillessen something to think about.
Rower
Definition:
(n.) One who rows with an oar.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other rowers in the Arctic crew were Billy Gammon, 37, from Cornwall; Rob Sleep, 38, and British army officer Captain David Mans, 28, both from Hampshire.
(2) Rio 2016 follows the expert advice of the World Health Organization, whose guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments recommend classifying water through a regular program of microbial water quality testing.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rowers carry boats at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro.
(3) The World Rowing Federation reported that 6.7% of 567 rowers got sick at a junior championships event in Rio.
(4) A similarity analysis is undertaken to see if large rowers have an advantage over small rowers in races.
(5) A two-group discriminant analysis procedure correctly classified 100% of the rowers with low back pain and 93% of the rowers without back pain on the basis of the median frequency data.
(6) Two protocols were used for the maximum tests on the hydraulic rower.
(7) The occasion of the Xth Pan American Games provided opportunity to obtain comprehensive anthropometric data on 20 male and 13 female lightweight rower finalists including most of the medal winners.
(8) The cohort consisted of 67 elite, female athletes comprising 21 runners, 36 rowers, and 10 dancers.
(9) Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss , former Olympic rowers and identical twins, have consistently claimed that Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from them.
(10) These findings indicate that the sprinters and rowers possess elevated buffering capabilities and carnosine levels compared with marathon runners and untrained subjects.
(11) The ventilatory threshold (VT) was determined on a treadmill in highly trained male marathon, male and female long-distance, young male long-distance, adult male and female and young female middle-distance runners, modern pentathlonists, adult canoeists of both sexes, young male canoeists and football players, and on a bicycle ergometer in table tennis players, water slalom paddlers, young female canoeists rowers, and ice hockey players.
(12) Competitive rowers showed the biggest difference – presumably because they could better imagine the effects.
(13) The vital capacity (VC) itself was only higher in the rowers group.
(14) No significant effects of single training variables were found in female rowers, which indicates major training influences on testosterone metabolism.
(15) Christ The Redeemer needs to spread his arms out a little more.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rio 2016: Serbian rowers capsize in rough conditions Rio Olympics 2016: men's road race heads for conclusion on day one – live!
(16) I now want us to look at the whole question of sustainability and to set that into a policy change.” The mass lobby was followed by a rally outside parliament with comedians Arthur Smith Olympic rower Andy Hodge and the indie band Stornoway.
(17) The Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, which was largely cleaned up in recent years, was thought be safe for rowers and canoers.
(18) To evaluate the physiologic changes in rowing performance during the training season, selected cardiorespiratory variables were measured three times at 3-month intervals in seven collegiate women rowers during incremental exercise on the rowing ergometer.
(19) A similar analysis correctly classified 100% of the port rowers and 100% of the starboard rowers on the basis of their spectral parameters.
(20) "In simple terms, undermining PE may lead to fewer rowers and result in fewer Katherine Graingers or Steve Redgraves winning multiple medals at the Olympics.