Rowing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the
        captain ashore in his barge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rowing
       n : the act of rowing as a sport [syn: {row}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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