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verb (used without object)
1.
to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.
verb (used with object)
2.
to propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.
3.
to convey in a boat that is rowed.
4.
to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
5.
to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars): The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.
6.
EXPANDto use (oarsmen) for rowing.
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noun
9.
an act, instance, or period of rowing: It was a long row to the far bank.
10.
an excursion in a rowboat: to go for a row.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English rowen, Old English rōwan; cognate with Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus oar. Compare rudder
before 950; Middle English rowen, Old English rōwan; cognate with Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus oar. Compare rudder
Related forms
row·a·ble, adjective
row·er, noun
un·der·row·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
row
"noisy commotion," 1746, Cambridge University slang, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to rousel "drinking bout" (1602), a shortened form of carousal. Klein suggests a back-formation from rouse (n.), mistaken as a plural (cf. pea from pease).
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