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row

noun [C usually singular] (MOVING THROUGH WATER)
 
 
/rəʊ/ US  /roʊ/

Definition

the activity of making a boat move through water using oars (= poles with flat ends): They've gone for a row to the island.Movement on or through waterRowing
(Definition of row noun (MOVING THROUGH WATER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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