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row 1
(rō)n.
1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
4. A continuous line of buildings along a street.
tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
Idiom: To place in a row.
a tough row to hoe Informal
A difficult situation to endure.
[Middle English, from Old English rāw.]
row 2
(rō)v. rowed, row·ing, rows
v.intr. Nautical
To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.
v.tr.
1. Nautical
a. To propel (a boat) with oars.
b. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.
c. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).
2. To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.
3. Sports
a. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
b. To race against by rowing.
n. Nautical
1.
a. The act or an instance of rowing.
b. A shift at the oars of a boat.
2. A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.
row′er n.
row 3
(rou)n.
1. A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.
2. A loud noise.
intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.
[Origin unknown.]
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Noun | 1. | rowing - the act of rowing as a sport feathering, feather - turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" sculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell |
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Translations
veslování
roning
soutaminen
veslanje
ボートを漕ぐこと
배 젓기
rodd
การพายเรือ
sự chèo thuyền
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rowing
[ˈrəʊɪŋ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rowing
:rowing boat
n (Brit) → Ruderboot nt
rowing club
n → Ruderklub or -verein m
rowing machine
n → Rudergerät nt
rowing
1n → Rudern nt
rowing
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