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rower

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row 1  (r)
n.
1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
4. A continuous line of buildings along a street.
tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To place in a row.
Idiom:
a tough row to hoe Informal
A difficult situation to endure.

[Middle English, from Old English rw.]

row 2  (r)
v. rowed, row·ing, rows
v.intr. Nautical
To propel a boat with or as if with oars.
v.tr.
1. Nautical
a. To propel (a boat) with or as if with oars.
b. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.
c. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).
2. To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.
3. Sports
a. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
b. To race against by rowing.
n. Nautical
1.
a. The act or an instance of rowing.
b. A shift at the oars of a boat.
2. A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.

[Middle English rowen, from Old English rwan; see er- in Indo-European roots.]

rower n.

row 3  (rou)
n.
1. A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
2. An uproar; a great noise.
intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To take part in a quarrel, brawl, or uproar.

[Origin unknown.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rower - someone who rows a boatrower - someone who rows a boat              
boatman, waterman, boater - someone who drives or rides in a boat
oarswoman - a woman oarsman
sculler - someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
stroke - the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
Translations
rower [ˈrəʊəʳ] Nremero/a m/f
rower [ˈrəʊər] nrameur/euse m/f
row house [ˈrəʊhaʊs] n (US)maison f en rangée
rower
nRuderer m, → Ruderin f
rower [ˈrəʊəʳ] nrematore/trice (Sport) → vogatore/trice


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The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends.
Sparkles of light showed Riderhood when and where the rower dipped his blades, until, even as he stood idly watching, the sun went down and the landscape was dyed red.
The current and the rowers carried Fouquet along as wings carry a bird, and he arrived before Beaugency without the slightest accident having signalized the voyage.
 
 
 
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