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How to pronounce rower in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms oarsman
Type of boater, boatman, waterman
Has types oarswoman, sculler, stroke
Derivation row

Examples of rower

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Luke Burgess is the latest front-rower to succumb to injury, with a knee strain.
From the independent.co.uk
A seated rower pulls on one or two oars, which lever the boat through the water.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The back-rower is expected to be training fully again at the start of next week.
From the guardian.co.uk
The former second-rower had lived at Oxford Falls since paying $970,000 in 1990.
From the smh.com.au
He finished 51 points ahead of second-rower Sam Wykes, who had his best placing.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement, was a rower.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Drawing upon that heritage is no sudden whim for the Wests Tigers second-rower.
From the independent.co.uk
Inglis was put through a gap by a wonderful off-load by second-rower Dave Taylor.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Big front-rower Martin Kennedy had one of his best ever games in the top grade.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
More examples
  • Oarsman: someone who rows a boat
  • (rowing) the act of rowing as a sport
  • Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water. ...
  • The Rower is a small village in County Kilkenny, Leinster in the south east of Ireland. The Rower is on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and the city of Kilkenny. ...
  • (Rowers) Our friendly neighbours down in the Fisheries Field. Very pleasant and always stopping for a chat. Sometimes always that is.
  • (Rowing) Propelling a boat with a lever. Rowing can be a general term to mean rowing a boat with one oar per person or two oars per person. ...
  • (Rowing) Although commonly used by the ignorant, the words 'rowing', 'row' and 'oar' have absolutely nothing to do with the sport of canoe slalom!
  • (Rowing) The markings on the breast and flanks. The rowing should be clear and distinct from one another and lineable.
  • (Rowing) Though too heavy to be a good pulling boat, the Pearl is comfortably rowable, with her 9 ft. (3 meter) standard oars, stowed under the side decks. A stowable rowing thwart fits into molded notches. ...