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Webster 1828 Edition

Rowing

ROWING

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ppr.

Impelling, as a boat by oars.

Definition 2024

rowing

rowing

English

Verb

rowing

present participle of row

Noun

rowing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rowings)

The action of the verb to row.
The action of propelling a boat with oars.
The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
The act of having a row, or argument.
- 1891, The Guernsey Magazine
  She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]

Synonyms

sculling

Translations

action of the verb "to row"

Catalan: remant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 划船 (zh) ‎(huáchuán)
Czech: veslování n
Danish: ro (da)
Esperanto: remado
Faroese: róður m
Finnish: soutaminen (fi), soutu (fi)
French: aviron (fr) m, canotage (fr) m

German: Rudern (de) n
Icelandic: róður m
Italian: voga (it) f
Japanese: 漕艇 ‎(そうてい, sōtei), 船こぎ ‎(fune-kogi), ボートこぎ ‎(bōto-kogi), ローイング ‎(rōingu)
Polish: wiosłowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: remada (pt) f
Romanian: vâslire (ro) f
Russian: гре́бля (ru) f ‎(gréblja)

the sport

Catalan: rem (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 划船 (zh) ‎(huáchuán)
Czech: veslování n
Danish: roning
Esperanto: remado
Finnish: soutu (fi)
French: aviron (fr) m

Galician: remo (gl) m
German: Rudern (de) n
Italian: canottaggio (it) m
Japanese: ローイング ‎(rōingu)
Polish: wioślarstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: remo (pt) m
Romanian: canotaj (ro) n
Russian: гре́бля (ru) f ‎(gréblja)
Spanish: remo (es) m