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rown

UK/ɹəʊn/US/ɹoʊn/

rown is the past participle of row.

rown is the archaic spelling of roun.

rown is the obsolete form of rowan.

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

Meaning of roun

Verb

roun (third-person singular simple present rouns, present participle rouning, simple past and past participle rouned)

  1. (obsolete) To whisper.

See all 4 meanings of roun

Forms of rown

Verb
third-person singular presentrowns
present participlerowning
past participlerowned
pastrowned
Noun
pluralrowns

Origin of rown

From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.

From Middle English rownen, variant of rounen, from Old English rūnian. More at roun.

Words that rhyme with rown

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Questions about rown

What is rown the past participle of?
Rown is the past participle of row.
How do you pronounce rown?
Rown is pronounced /ɹəʊn/ (UK).

Words near rown in the dictionary

  1. rowmate
  2. rowmates
  3. rowme
  4. rowmes
  5. rowmotion
  6. rown
  7. rownd
  8. rownded
  9. rowndell
  10. rowndells
  11. rownding

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rown (page history and authors); row (page history and authors); roun (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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