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# scull

«scull» in Mova's school dictionary: **One of a pair of oars that one rower uses, one in each hand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a scull, sculls); verb (scull, sculls, sculled, sculling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) One of a pair of oars that one rower uses, one in each hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m1)

2) A light, narrow racing boat rowed with sculls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m2)

3) (verb) To row a boat using a pair of sculls, or using one oar at the back of the boat moved from side to side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m3)

4) (verb, Australia, NZ, informal) To drink a whole drink very quickly in one go (this is for grown-ups at parties). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows, Ratty sculls his little boat on the river and teaches Mole; when Mole grabs the sculls to show off, he turns the boat over. In sport, single sculls and double sculls are Olympic rowing races. Phrase: «scull a boat», «single sculls».

### examples

- Ratty sculled gently up the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x1)
- Mole snatched the sculls and fell in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x2)
- She won the single sculls race at the regatta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x3)
- Hold one scull in each hand and pull together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x4)
- The fisherman sculled with one oar at the back of the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x5)
- You need practice to scull in a straight line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x6)

### note

Scull sounds exactly like skull (the bones of the head) — homophones with different meanings. A scull is a small oar; a sculler is the rower.

### Trees and pragmatics

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