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# paddler

noun (a paddler, paddlers)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who paddles a canoe, kayak or paddleboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#m1)
2. (UK, Ireland) A person, often a child, walking in shallow water at the seaside or in a paddling pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday and PE contexts: kayak and canoe paddlers on a river or lake, and stand-up paddleboarders. At the beach, paddlers wade with bare feet in shallow water. Water safety lessons tell paddlers to wear life jackets and to watch for tides.

### Examples

- The paddlers raced their canoes down the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x1)
- Paddlers must wear life jackets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x2)
- Little paddlers splashed in the shallow pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x3)
- The lifeguard warned the paddlers that the tide was coming in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x4)
- She is a strong paddler and won the kayak race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x5)
- Two paddlers pushed off from the jetty at sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x6)
- "Ah! you old water-paddler," said she, "was it you that spoke? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paddler/#x7)

### Note

Countable. From «paddle» (verb and noun). UK «paddle» = walk in shallow water; US uses «wade». Safety: even shallow water can be dangerous with currents and tides; always paddle with an adult nearby.

## On Mova

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