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  • 21paddle — paddle1 noun 1》 a short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used to move a small boat or canoe through the water.     ↘an act of paddling.     ↘each of the boards fitted round the circumference of a paddle wheel or mill wheel.     ↘the… …

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  • 22paddle — paddle1 paddler, n. /pad l/, n., v., paddled, paddling. n. 1. a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc. 2. any of various similar… …

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  • 23paddle — 1. noun a) A two handed, single bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. We had a nice paddle this morning. b) A double bladed oar used for kayaking. The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the sp …

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  • 24boat paddle — noun a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat • Syn: ↑paddle • Derivationally related forms: ↑paddle (for: ↑paddle) • Hypernyms: ↑oar …

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  • 25Paddle wheel — A paddle wheel (also called side wheel or stern wheel) is a large wheel fitted with paddles which is used to propel a boat. Paddle wheels powered by steam engines were the means of propulsion for the paddle steamers of the nineteenth century when …

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  • 26Paddle steamer Stadt Zürich — Stadt Zürich in 2009 Career (Switzerland) …

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  • 27paddle — I pad•dle [[t]ˈpæd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) naut. navig. a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usu. held by both hands and moved through a vertical arc 2) any of various similar implements used for mixing …

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  • 28Boat — A boat is a watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water, and provide transport over it. Usually this water will be inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated… …

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  • 29boat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small ▪ open ▪ He was adrift in an open boat for three days. ▪ flat bottomed, glass bottomed ▪ …

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  • 30paddle — [ˈpæd(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a short pole with a flat end or with two flat ends that is used for moving a small boat such as a CANOE 2) British an act of playing or walking in water that is not very deep II verb paddle [ˈpæd(ə)l] 1) [I] British to… …

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