rown

R1O1W4N1
UK/ɹəʊn/US/ɹoʊn//ɹaʊn/

A form of row — A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.

OriginMiddle English rowen ← Old English rōwen ← Proto-Germanic *rōanaz →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

rown1

verb
  1. dialectalobsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of row

rown2

verbrown (third-person singular simple present rowns, present participle rowning, simple past and past participle rowned)

present singular third person rowns · participle present rowning · participle past rowned · past rowned

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of roun.

    And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

    1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe

rown3

nounrown (plural rowns)

plural rowns

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of rowan.

Origin

rown · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*rōaną“to row”
  2. Proto-Germanic*rōanaz
  3. Old Englishrōwen
  4. Middle Englishrowen
  5. Englishrown

From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.

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rown · verb

  1. Old Englishrūnian
  2. Middle Englishrownen
  3. Englishrown

From Middle English rownen, variant of rounen, from Old English rūnian. More at roun.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rown

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Anagrams

worn
Cite this entry
APA

rown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rown

MLA

“rown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rown.

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