(~s, paddling, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a short pole with a wide flat part at one end or at both ends. You hold it in your hands and use it as an oar to move a small boat through water.
We might be able to push ourselves across with the ~.
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2.
If you ~ a boat, you move it through water using a ~.
...the skills you will use to ~ the canoe.
...paddling around the South Pacific in a kayak.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv
3.
If you ~, you walk or stand in shallow water, for example at the edge of the sea, for pleasure.
Wear sandals when you ~.
...a lovely little stream that you can ~ in.
VERB: V, V prep
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Paddle is also a noun.
Ruth enjoyed her ~.
N-SING