Definition of rowing Rowing

/ɹowˈɪŋ/ - [rowing] -

We found 8 definitions of rowing from 5 different sources.

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What does rowing mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: rowings

rowing - the act of rowing as a sport
  row
  athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
  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"
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  • rowing (Noun)
    The action of the verb to row.
  • rowing (Noun)
    The action of propelling a boat with oars.
  • rowing (Noun)
    The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
  • rowing (Verb)
    Present participle of row.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • rowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Row

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  • Rowing is about moving a boat on water using human muscle power. It can be a sport. The goal in rowing is to move as fast as possible on top of the water. The athletes use a boat. They move the boat forward by using two sculls or one oar. There are different types of rowing. The types depend on how many people are in the boat and if they have a coxswain or not.

Part of speech

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  • rowing, verb, gerund of row (infinitive).
  • rowing, noun, singular of rowings.

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