Paddle can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| paddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" | ||
| paddle - stir with a paddle | ||
| paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water | ||
| paddle - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" | ||
| paddle - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | ||
| paddle - play in or as if in water, as of small children | ||
Noun |
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| paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | ||
| paddle - a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | ||
| paddle - an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | ||
| paddle - small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | Paddle your own canoe. | |
| 2. | verb | A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune. | |
| 3. | verb | The winter grew colder and colder; he was obliged to swim about on the water to keep it from freezing, but every night the space on which he swam became smaller and smaller. At length it froze so hard that the ice in the water crackled as he moved, and the duckling had to paddle with his legs as well as he could, to keep the space from closing up. He became exhausted at last, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice. | |
| 4. | verb | Sami can paddle his own canoe. | |
| 5. | verb | Can you paddle a canoe? | |
| 6. | verb | You may have seen an eddy if you've ever gone canoeing and you see a small whirlpool of water while you paddle through the water. | |
| 7. | verb | Tom is learning how to correctly paddle a canoe. | |
| 8. | verb | He knows how to paddle a canoe. | |
| 9. | verb | It's a lot easier to paddle a canoe downstream than to paddle upstream. | |
| 10. | verb | You'll paddle, right? | |
| 11. | noun | His wife caught him out with that blonde and then he was really up shit creek without a paddle. | |
| 12. | noun | Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his. | |
| 13. | noun | We're up a creek without a paddle. | |
| 14. | noun | The paddle steamer is just leaving port. | |
| 15. | noun | He held the paddle still in the water. | |
| 16. | noun | Mary dipped her paddle into the water. | |
| 17. | noun | Tom dipped his paddle into the water. | |
| 18. | noun | Tom only knows how to doggy paddle. | |
| 19. | noun | Tom only knows how to dog paddle. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| Paddle your own canoe. |
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| A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune. | |
| The winter grew colder and colder; he was obliged to swim about on the water to keep it from freezing, but every night the space on which he swam became smaller and smaller. At length it froze so hard that the ice in the water crackled as he moved, and the duckling had to paddle with his legs as well as he could, to keep the space from closing up. He became exhausted at last, and lay still and helpless, frozen fast in the ice. | |
| Sami can paddle his own canoe. | |
| Can you paddle a canoe? | |
| You may have seen an eddy if you've ever gone canoeing and you see a small whirlpool of water while you paddle through the water. | |
| Tom is learning how to correctly paddle a canoe. | |
| He knows how to paddle a canoe. | |
| It's a lot easier to paddle a canoe downstream than to paddle upstream. | |
| You'll paddle, right? | |
| noun | |
| His wife caught him out with that blonde and then he was really up shit creek without a paddle. | |
| Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his. | |
| We're up a creek without a paddle. | |
| The paddle steamer is just leaving port. | |
| He held the paddle still in the water. | |
| Mary dipped her paddle into the water. | |
| Tom dipped his paddle into the water. | |
| Tom only knows how to doggy paddle. | |
| Tom only knows how to dog paddle. | |