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Definition of row 1 verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

row1

verb
 
/rəʊ/
 
/rəʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they row
 
/rəʊ/
 
/rəʊ/
he / she / it rows
 
/rəʊz/
 
/rəʊz/
past simple rowed
 
/rəʊd/
 
/rəʊd/
past participle rowed
 
/rəʊd/
 
/rəʊd/
-ing form rowing
 
/ˈrəʊɪŋ/
 
/ˈrəʊɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to move a boat through water using oars (= long thin straight pieces of wood with flat ends)
    • We rowed around the island.
    • row something Grace rowed the boat out to sea again.
    Homophones road | rode | rowedroad   rode   rowed
     
    /rəʊd/
     
    /rəʊd/
    • road noun
      • Follow the road around to the left.
    • rode verb (past tense of ride)
      • I rode a camel when I was on holiday.
    • rowed verb (past tense, past participle of row1)
      • She took the oars and rowed quickly down the river.
    Homophones rose | rowsrose   rows
     
    /rəʊz/
     
    /rəʊz/
    • rose noun
      • He gave me a single red rose.
    • rose verb (past tense of rise)
      • Prices rose 2 per cent in December.
    • rows noun (plural of row1)
      • Five rows of chairs were set out facing the whiteboard.
    • rows verb (third person of row1)
      • She rows across the river to where the others are waiting for her.
    Topics Sports: water sportsb2
  2. [transitive] row somebody (+ adv./prep.) to take somebody somewhere in a boat with oars
    • The fisherman rowed us back to the shore.
    Topics Transport by waterb2
    3. Word Originverb Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’.
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