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rowing

UK/ˈɹəʊɪŋ//ˈɹoʊɪŋ/

rowing is the present participle and gerund of row.

Noun (1)

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.

Meaning of row

Verb (1)

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
    Synonyms:
    paddle
  2. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
    • to row the captain ashore in his barge
  3. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
    • The boat rows easily.

Verb (2)

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

  1. (intransitive) To argue noisily.
    Synonyms:
    argue, fight

See all 12 meanings of row

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈɹaʊɪŋ/

rowing (countable and uncountable, plural rowings)

  1. The act of having a row, or argument.
    • She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]1891, The Guernsey Magazine

Synonyms of rowing

Forms of rowing

pluralrowings

Origin of rowing

By surface analysis, row + -ing.

Words formed from rowing

Phrases with rowing

Words that rhyme with rowing

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Questions about rowing

What does rowing mean?
Rowing means the action of the verb to row.
What is rowing the present participle and gerund of?
Rowing is the present participle and gerund of row.
What part of speech is rowing?
Rowing is a noun.
How do you pronounce rowing?
Rowing is pronounced /ˈɹoʊɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of rowing?
The plural of rowing is rowings.

Words near rowing in the dictionary

  1. rowhouses
  2. rowi
  3. rowie
  4. rowies
  5. rowiness
  6. rowing
  7. rowing back
  8. rowing boat
  9. rowing boats
  10. rowing in the same boat
  11. rowing machine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rowing (page history and authors); row (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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