rowing

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Verb

rowing

1. present participle and gerund of row (“propel with oars”)

Noun

rowing (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• sculling

Derived terms

• indoor rowing
• rowing boat (see also rowboat)
• rowing club
• rowing machine

Translations

action of the verb "to row"

• Bulgarian: гребане n (grebane)
• Catalan: remant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 划船 (zh) (huáchuán)

• Czech: veslování n
• Danish: ro (da)
• Dutch: roeien (nl)
• Esperanto: remado
• Faroese: róður m
• Finnish: soutaminen (fi), soutu (fi)
• French: aviron (fr) m, canotage (fr) m
• German: Rudern (de) n
• Greek: κωπηλασία (el) f (kopilasía)
• Icelandic: róður m
• Irish: rámhaíocht f
• Italian: voga (it) f
• Japanese: 漕艇 (ja) (そうてい, sōtei), 船こぎ (fune-kogi), ボートこぎ (bōto-kogi), ローイング (rōingu)
• Macedonian: веслање n (veslanje)
• Polish: wiosłowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: remada (pt) f
• Romanian: vâslire (ro) f
• Russian: гре́бля (ru) f (gréblja)

the sport

• Bulgarian: гребане n (grebane)
• Catalan: rem (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 划船 (zh) (huáchuán)

• Czech: veslování n
• Danish: roning c
• Esperanto: remado
• Finnish: soutu (fi)
• French: aviron (fr) m
• Galician: remo (gl) m
• Georgian: ნიჩბოსნობა (ničbosnoba)
• German: Rudern (de) n
• Irish: rámhaíocht f
• Italian: canottaggio (it) m
• Japanese: ローイング (rōingu), 漕艇 (ja) (そうてい, soutei)
• Macedonian: веслање n (veslanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: roing m or f

  Nynorsk: roing f

• Polish: wioślarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: remo (pt) m
• Romanian: canotaj (ro) n
• Russian: гре́бля (ru) f (gréblja)
• Serbo-Croatian: veslanje (sh) n
• Spanish: remo (es) m, boga (es) f

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aʊɪŋ

Verb

rowing

1. present participle and gerund of row (“to argue noisily”)

Noun

rowing (countable and uncountable, plural rowings)

1. The act of having a row, or argument.
   • 1891, The Guernsey Magazine:

     She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]

Anagrams

• Ingrow, growin', ingrow