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)
Verb (2)
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
- To argue noisily.
Meaning of roun
Verb
roun (third-person singular simple present rouns, present participle rouning, simple past and past participle rouned)
- To whisper.
Forms of rown
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rowns |
| present participle | rowning |
| past participle | rowned |
| past | rowned |
| Noun | |
| plural | rowns |
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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- moan
- throne
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
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
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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