The meaning of Paddle

noun

The flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.

Usage examples:

Cut cleanly using a sharp blade

verb

Skate using rollerblades.

Usage examples:

She loves to run, bike, blade, and explore the city

noun

The thin, flat cutting part of a tool or weapon

Usage examples:

The blade on this knife isn’t very sharp., the boy made a whistle from a blade of grass.

verb

Immerse (one's hands or feet) partially in water and move them around gently.

Usage examples:

They dabbled their feet in the rock pools

verb

To take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject or try a particular activity for a short period

Usage examples:

I don’t paint much, i just dabble.

noun

A pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water.

Usage examples:

She pulled hard on the oars

verb

Propel with or as if with oars; row.

Usage examples:

Oaring the sea like madmen

noun

A long pole with a wide, flat part at one end which is used to row a boat (= move it through water)

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

noun

Each of a pair of small oars used by a single rower.

Usage examples:

As well as traditional rowing oars and sculls, they manufacture oars for surf boat rowing, and tran…

verb

Propel a boat with sculls.

Usage examples:

He built boats and taught the gentlemen how to scull

noun

A large group of fish which has migrated from the open sea to inshore waters.

verb

(of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container, typically as a result of careless handling.

Usage examples:

Water slopped over the edge of the sink

noun

Waste water from a kitchen, bathroom, or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand.

Usage examples:

Sink slops

noun

A workman's loose outer garment.

noun

A tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.

Usage examples:

What may be a surprise is that the bottom of your foot hurts, bruised from stepping on the hard met…

verb

Dig over (ground) with a spade.

Usage examples:

While spading the soil, i think of the flowers

noun

One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk.

Usage examples:

Because of the difference in score, clubs and diamonds are called the minor suits and hearts and sp…

noun

An implement consisting of a small, shallow oval or round bowl on a long handle, used for eating, stirring, and serving food.

Usage examples:

Holding a spoon and a bowl, this woman lunches quietly, pensively and, most importantly, alone on t…

verb

Put (food) into or on something with a spoon.

Usage examples:

Rosie spooned sugar into her mug

noun

A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food

verb

Make a soft sucking sound such as that made by treading heavily through mud.

Usage examples:

Bedraggled guests squelched across the lawn to seek shelter

noun

A soft sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud.

Usage examples:

The squelch of their feet

verb

To stop something quickly and completely

Usage examples:

One professor claimed that the university tried to squelch his criticisms.

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

Usage examples:

I was giving the floor a quick sweep

verb

Walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance.

Usage examples:

He waded out to the boat

noun

An act of wading.

Usage examples:

The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into…

verb

Walk through relatively shallow water