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# paddle

«paddle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe or small boat through water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#m1)

2) To move a boat with a paddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#m2)

3) To walk in shallow water, such as at the beach or in a stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#m3)

4) A bat for table tennis (mainly American). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x1)
- We paddled the canoe across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x2)
- Hold your paddle with both hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x3)
- The children paddled at the edge of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x4)
- Always wear a life jacket when you paddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x5)
- Ducks paddle with their webbed feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x6)
- The baby splashed in the paddling pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x7)
- Pass me a ping-pong paddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x8)
- "How dare you paddle around in my stream and stir up all the mud!" he shouted fiercely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/#x9)

### 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 the corpora

- [Your dog is fast asleep on the rug, but its paws are paddling, its lips twitch and it gives tiny muffled woofs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/0/)
- [Now the Man must paddle all the way home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/7/)
- [Young children can drown in very shallow water, so paddling pools are emptied after use.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/19/)
- [The next week he paddles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «paddle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paddle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.