Definition of row1

row1verb

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/rəʊ//rəʊ/

Word Originverb Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’.

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to move a boat through water using oars (= long thin straight pieces of wood with flat ends)

Example:
  • We rowed around the island.
  • Grace rowed the boat out to sea again.

Related words and phrases

to take somebody somewhere in a boat with oars

Example:
  • The fisherman rowed us back to the shore.