From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Row \Row\, verb (used with an object) [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 surface of water; as, to row a boat.
2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: {row}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "rowing": boating, canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising, gunkholing, motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation, passage-making, periplus, sailing, sculling, sea travel, seafaring, steaming, travel by water, voyaging, water travel, yachting
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