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3 definitions found
for rowing
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rowing.] [AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen,
Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr.
aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder.]
1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the
surface of water; as, to row a boat.
[1913 Webster]
2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the
captain ashore in his barge.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
rowing
n : the act of rowing as a sport [syn: row]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "rowing":
boating, canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising,
gunkholing, motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation,
passage-making, periplus, sailing, sculling, sea travel, seafaring,
steaming, travel by water, voyaging, water travel, yachting
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