society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > by oars or sweeps (3)
intransitive. Of a boat: to move through the water propelled by oars; to be rowed with oars.
transitive. To pull on (an oar); to propel by rowing, to row (a boat); (also) to transport (a person or thing) by rowing boat. Also (occasionally) in…
intransitive and transitive. To row, or to propel (a vessel), with sweeps or large oars. Also intransitive of the vessel. ? Obsolete.