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   Row

   /rō/

   

   verb

   • 1. propel (a boat) with oars: "out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy"
   • ▪ travel by propelling a boat with oars: "we rowed down the river all day"
   • ▪ convey (a passenger) in a boat by propelling it with oars: "her father was rowing her across the lake"
   • ▪ engage in the sport of rowing, especially competitively: "he rowed for Yale"

   noun

   • 1. a period of rowing.

   Word Origin Old Englishrōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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