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# paddle

noun (a paddle, paddles); verb (paddle, paddles, paddled, paddling)

«paddle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe or small boat through water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#m1)
2. To move a boat with a paddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#m2)
3. To walk in shallow water, such as at the beach or in a stream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#m3)
4. A bat for table tennis (mainly American). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In outdoor safety, people paddle canoes and kayaks wearing life jackets. At the beach, children paddle in the shallows with an adult watching. In science, a paddle pushes water backwards, which pushes the boat forwards. Phrases: paddle a canoe, go for a paddle, paddle steamer, paddling pool.

### Examples

- We paddled the canoe across the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x1)
- Hold your paddle with both hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x2)
- The children paddled at the edge of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x3)
- Always wear a life jacket when you paddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x4)
- Ducks paddle with their webbed feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x5)
- The baby splashed in the paddling pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x6)
- Pass me a ping-pong paddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x7)
- "How dare you paddle around in my stream and stir up all the mud!" he shouted fiercely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb (paddled, paddling), double d. A "paddling pool" (UK) is called a "wading pool" in the USA. Difference: a canoe paddle usually has one blade; a kayak paddle has two. An "oar" is fixed to the boat; a paddle is held freely. Safety: only paddle where an adult can see you, and watch for waves.

## In Jewish tradition

Here a small digging tool, a kind of spade or peg, carried with a soldier's weapons.

**Interpretation.** The law is read as keeping the camp holy and clean, because God walks in the midst of the camp.

### Examples

- And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee. (Torah DEU.23.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb (paddled, paddling), double d. A "paddling pool" (UK) is called a "wading pool" in the USA. Difference: a canoe paddle usually has one blade; a kayak paddle has two. An "oar" is fixed to the boat; a paddle is held freely. Safety: only paddle where an adult can see you, and watch for waves.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paddle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paddle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paddle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «paddle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paddle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/paddle.html) on Mova free.