rowing
noun
row·ing ˈrō-iŋ 
1
: the propelling of a boat by means of oars : the action of one that rows
2
: the sport of racing in shells
Example Sentences
She was on the rowing team.
Recent Examples on the Web Lat 35 Racing's first all-female rowing team took on the biennial Great Pacific Race, challenging rowers to cross 2,400 nautical miles of Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, Calif., to Waikiki, Hawaii, as fast as possible. 
Fox News, 30 July 2022 The four members of the Lat35 all-women rowing team — Libby Costello, Sophia Denison-Johnston, Brooke Downes, and Adrienne Smith — set off in June for the Great Pacific Race from San Francisco to Honolulu. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 July 2022 Howland Ware, the Howard crew team’s champion and benefactor, saw past the barriers keeping Black athletes out of rowing. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 The film illuminates the excitement and life lessons surrounding the sport of rowing, once the most popular spectator sport in America. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2022 The oars could attract potential buyers in the form of both Yale and Harvard alumni, or just fans of rowing, Austin told Forbes. Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 In 1996 she was adopted by an American university professor who not only nursed her back to health — in between surgeries to amputate her legs — but also introduced her to the sport of rowing at 13, ultimately changing her life. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Mar. 2022 In 2016, Spencer was a member of the royal's four-strong amputee rowing team that completed a historic 47-day Odyssey across the Atlantic Ocean. Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022 Objective metrics are essential to eliminate finger-pointing and ensure that everyone’s rowing in the same direction. Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 See More
Fox News, 30 July 2022 The four members of the Lat35 all-women rowing team — Libby Costello, Sophia Denison-Johnston, Brooke Downes, and Adrienne Smith — set off in June for the Great Pacific Race from San Francisco to Honolulu. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 July 2022 Howland Ware, the Howard crew team’s champion and benefactor, saw past the barriers keeping Black athletes out of rowing. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 The film illuminates the excitement and life lessons surrounding the sport of rowing, once the most popular spectator sport in America. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2022 The oars could attract potential buyers in the form of both Yale and Harvard alumni, or just fans of rowing, Austin told Forbes. Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 In 1996 she was adopted by an American university professor who not only nursed her back to health — in between surgeries to amputate her legs — but also introduced her to the sport of rowing at 13, ultimately changing her life. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Mar. 2022 In 2016, Spencer was a member of the royal's four-strong amputee rowing team that completed a historic 47-day Odyssey across the Atlantic Ocean. Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022 Objective metrics are essential to eliminate finger-pointing and ensure that everyone’s rowing in the same direction. Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing rowing
rowing 1 of 2
verb (1)
as in kayaking
to move a boat by means of oars rowed around the lake Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- kayaking
- sculling
- paddling
- canoeing
- oaring
- poling
- pulling
- punting
- feathering
rowing
2 of 2verb (2)
as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily the couple rows all the time, and yet they seem happy together Synonyms & Similar Words
- bickering
- fighting
- arguing
- quarreling
- brawling
- quarrelling
- clashing
- debating
- spatting
- scrapping
- brabbling
- wrangling
- argufying
- squabbling
- tiffing
- hassling
- controverting
- contending
- discussing
- disputing
- contesting
- bandying words
- jarring
- altercating
- falling out
- challenging
- daring
- butting heads
- locking horns
- quibbling
- tangling
- mixing it up
- caviling
- protesting
- objecting
- cavilling
- defying
- kicking
- considering
- fussing
- nitpicking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- getting along
- agreeing
- coexisting
- consenting
- accepting
- concurring
- assenting