row

verb [I/T] (MOVE IN WATER)

/roʊ/

Definition

› to cause a boat to move by pushing against the water with oars (= long poles with flat ends), or to move people in a boat in this way: [T] Dad rowed us back to shore. rowing

/ˈroʊ·ɪŋ/ noun [U] › Sarah won an Olympic medal in rowing.

(Definition of row verb (MOVE IN WATER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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