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Definitions for Rower

[1] to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.
[2] to propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.
[3] to convey in a boat that is rowed.
[4] to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
[5] to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars): The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.
[6] to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
[7] to perform or participate in by rowing: to row a race.
[8] to row against in a race: Oxford rows Cambridge.
[9] an act, instance, or period of rowing: It was a long row to the far bank.
[10] an excursion in a rowboat: to go for a row.
[11] an arrangement of persons or things in a line a row of chairs
[12] mainly British a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical houses (capital when part of a street name ) Church Row
[13] a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc
[14] maths a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix
[15] a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard
[16] in a row in succession; one after the other he won two gold medals in a row
[17] a hard row to hoe a difficult task or assignment
[18] a noisy quarrel or dispute
[19] a noisy disturbance; commotion we couldn't hear the music for the row next door
[20] a reprimand
[21] give someone a row informal to scold someone; tell someone off
[22] (intr often foll by with ) to quarrel noisily
[23] (tr) archaic to reprimand
[24] to propel (a boat) by using oars
[25] (tr) to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat
[26] to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)
[27] (intr) to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport, esp in eights, in which each member of the crew pulls one oar Compare scull (def. 6)
[28] (tr) to race against in a boat propelled by oars Oxford row Cambridge every year
[29] an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
[30] an excursion in a rowing boat

Words nearby Rower

rowrover boy, roving, roving commission, rovno, rovuma, row, row house, row over, row vector, rowan, rowboat

Origin of Rower

2before 950; Middle English rowen, Old English rōwan; cognate with Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus oar. Cf. rudder

Other words from Rower

row·a·ble , adjective
row·er , noun
un·der·row·er , noun

Word origin for Rower

Old English rōwan ; related to Middle Dutch roien , Middle High German rüejen , Old Norse rōa , Latin rēmus oar