to row (a boat)

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• Row, Row, Row Your Boat — is an English nursery rhyme, and a popular children s song/proverb, often sung as a round. It can also be an action nursery rhyme where singers sit opposite one another and row forwards and backwards with joined hands. The tune is credited to… …   Wikipedia

• row|ing boat — «ROH ihng», British. a rowboat …   Useful english dictionary

• row a boat — propel a boat with oars …   English contemporary dictionary

• Michael Row the Boat Ashore — Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (or Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore or Michael Row That Gospel Boat) is an African American spiritual. It was first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Row — Row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rowing}.] [AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r[ u]ejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr. aritra. [root]8. Cf. {Rudder}.] 1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• row — Ⅰ. row [1] ► NOUN ▪ a number of people or things in a more or less straight line. ● in a row Cf. ↑in a row ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ. row [2] …   English terms dictionary

• row — I ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE ♦♦♦ rows (Pronounced [[t]ro͟ʊ[/t]] in row 1 and 2, and [[t]ra͟ʊ[/t]] in row 3.) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men… …   English dictionary

• row — I UK [rəʊ] / US [roʊ] noun [countable] Word forms row : singular row plural rows *** 1) a) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of… …   English dictionary

• row — row1 [ rou ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line: The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of houses/stores/chairs row upon row (=a lot of rows): She could see row upon… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• row — row1 [rō] n. [ME rowe < OE ræw, akin to Ger reihe < IE base * rei , to tear, split > RIVE, REAP] 1. a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line 2. any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel …   English World dictionary

• boat — W2S1 [bəut US bout] n [: Old English; Origin: bat] 1.) a vehicle that travels across water ▪ If we had a boat, we could row across to the island. ▪ a fishing boat on/in a boat ▪ MacKay said he would sleep on his boat. by boat ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English