1
: the propelling of a boat by means of oars : the action of one that rows
2
: the sport of racing in shells
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She was on the rowing team.
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Meanwhile, Ithaca College in New York admitted to allowing a trans athlete to compete in a Division III rowing competition in March.
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Rowing is typically done with a machine and involves four phases that make up the rowing stroke.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Messages provided to The Star show Estes also texted one of the rowing team’s athletic trainers shortly after the conversation with Corcoran.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Family Plus has all of those parts, plus a rowing bench.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Rowing is typically done with a machine and involves four phases that make up the rowing stroke.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rowing
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“Rowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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rowing
noun
row·ing
ˈrō-iŋ 
: the sport of racing long narrow boats rowed by oars
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