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Antonyms for rowing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : roh
Phonetic Transcription : roʊ


Definition of rowing

Origin :
  • "line of people or things," Old English ræw "a row, line; succession, hedge-row," probably from Proto-Germanic *rai(h)waz (cf. Middle Dutch rie, Dutch rij "row;" Old High German rihan "to thread," riga "line;" German Reihe "row, line, series;" Old Norse rega "string"), possibly from PIE root *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (cf. Sanskrit rikhati "scratches," rekha "line"). Meaning "a number of houses in a line" is attested from mid-15c., originally chiefly Scottish and northern English. Phrase a hard row to hoe attested from 1823, American English.
  • verb move boat with paddle
  • verb argue, fight
Example sentences :
  • Driving, swimming, rowing, and other manly sports should be favored.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • Four were rowing with all their power, a fifth sat in the bow and the other in the stern.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Usually he sat, when he was rowing, so that he might keep his face towards her.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • She was rowing with all her might, and gazing fearfully over her shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Its earliest form, conducted on a considerable scale, was rowing.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Rowing is now a form of athletics at every college where facilities permit.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Kalliope rowed easily and was well content to go on rowing all day.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • Let it be what you will, or of where and whom you please, so that it last while we are rowing homeward.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • Rowing away all alone, too, and my aunt is waving her handkerchief in farewell.
  • Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
  • By this time the wind was a gale, and he knew it was driving him astern, despite his rowing.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

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