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rowing
     1. v. present participle of row
     2. n. The action of the verb to row.
     3. n. The action of propelling a boat with oars.
     4. n. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
     5. n. The act of having a row, or argument.
slang
     1. n. Language outside of conventional usage.
     2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
     3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
     4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
     5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
     6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
     7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
     8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure.
     9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
     10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license.
     11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain.
     12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
ergometer
     1. n. A dynamometer used to measure the work done by muscle, muscles
     2. n. A rowing machine or ergocycle
rowing
     1. v. present participle of row
     2. n. The action of the verb to row.
     3. n. The action of propelling a boat with oars.
     4. n. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
     5. n. The act of having a row, or argument.
machine
     1. n. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
     2. n. (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
     3. n. (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
           I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
     4. n. (computing) A computer.
           Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
           He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
     5. n. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
           Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
           The government has become a money-making machine.
     6. n. Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
     7. n. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
     8. n. (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
     9. n. (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
     10. v. to make by machinery.
     11. v. to shape or finish by machinery.
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