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Olympic sport with strokes
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rowing
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The action of the verb ''to row''. 2 The action of propelling a boat with oars. 3 The rowing of boats as a competitive sport. 4 The act of having a row, or argument. vb. (present participle of row English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rowing , often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport with origins back to Ancient Egyptian times. It is based on propelling a boat ( racing shell ) on water using oars . By pushing against the water with an oar, a force is generated to move ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing .] [AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr. aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder .] To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface ...
Usage examples of rowing.
Next morning we proceeded to Turin, and on Wednesday got here, in the middle of the last night of the Congress Carnival -- rowing up the Canal to our Albergo through a dazzling blaze of lights and throng of boats, -- there being, if we are told truly, 50,000 strangers in the city.