Synonyms for rowing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : roh

Phonetic Transcription : roʊ

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Définition 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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