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Olympic sport with strokes
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rowing
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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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rowing boat British English rowing boat rowing machine EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And rowing is ideal for building stamina and endurance. ▪ And their supporters will come from across the region for Central South is the ...
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.