rowing

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rowing

1. present participle of row

rowing (countable and uncountable, plural rowings)

1. The action of the verb to row.
2. The action of propelling a boat with oars.
3. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
4. The act of having a row, or argument.
   • 1891, The Guernsey Magazine

     She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]

• sculling

• rowing boat (see also rowboat)
• rowing club
• rowing machine

• growin', ingrow