rower

Everyday

1. A rower is a person who moves a boat through the water with oars. tree →
2. A rower is also a rowing machine in a gym. tree →

In the lessons

a person counted in boats, or one who rows a distance at a speed; in sport: rowers race in teams of 1, 2, 4 or 8, facing backwards; in safety: rowers wear life jackets; in stories: a rower takes people across a river

Examples

• Each boat holds 4 rowers. tree →
• There are 8 boats with 2 rowers in each. tree →
• A rower rows 3 km in 20 minutes. tree →
• How many rowers are in the race? tree →
• The rowers pulled their oars together. tree →
• Rowers sit facing the back of the boat. tree →
• An eight has 8 rowers and a cox who steers. tree →
• She trains on the rower at the gym. tree →
• One of the rowers was a beautiful young woman, named Atalanta, who had been nursed among the mountains by a bear. tree →

Note

A counted person or a mover with speed; «rowers per boat» is a rate, so total = boats × rowers per boat. Trap: going with a river current goes faster than against it. Pronounced to rhyme with «grower» (from «row» a boat).

In Jewish tradition

Ezekiel pictures proud Tyre as a splendid ship whose rowers bring it into a storm.

Interpretation. Ezekiel's ship of Tyre is read as a warning that pride and wealth can be wrecked suddenly by God.

Examples

• Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas. (Prophets EZK.27.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots. (Prophets EZK.27.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A counted person or a mover with speed; «rowers per boat» is a rate, so total = boats × rowers per boat. Trap: going with a river current goes faster than against it. Pronounced to rhyme with «grower» (from «row» a boat).