rowing

noun

row·​ing ˈrō-iŋ How to pronounce rowing (audio)
1
: the propelling of a boat by means of oars : the action of one that rows
2
: the sport of racing in shells

Examples of rowing in a Sentence

She was on the rowing team.
Recent Examples on the Web In an exclusive behind-the-scenes video from the movie's set shared with PEOPLE in October, George praised the real-life rowing team as a group of underdogs who surprised the world with their Olympic performance. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023 Next February, athletes can go for the gold in alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time, in addition to the core Invictus sports of indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and more. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024 To be clear: The championship locations for basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, rowing, golf, gymnastics and several other sports did not come as a surprise to the Bay Area schools. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024 There are now brands that combine rowing and weights, StairMaster and weights, climbing and weights, boxing and weights, spinning and weights, treadmill-rowing-and-weights, and so on, and major gym chains have introduced boot-camp-style workouts to their class schedules. Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 His latest project, The Boys in the Boat, is a sports drama about the gold medal-winning US rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Riann Phillip, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024 The film is centered on the University of Washington’s rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024 The rowers say the university fails to provide equal opportunities for athletic participation by not having a varsity women’s rowing team. Anne M. Peterson, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023 The United States eight-man rowing team had won every gold medal since 1920, but the screenwriter Mark L. Smith glides past that fact to emphasize that these particular boys were at a disadvantage. Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rowing was before the 12th century

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“Rowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowing. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

rowing

noun
row·​ing ˈrō-iŋ How to pronounce rowing (audio)
: the sport of racing long narrow boats rowed by oars
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