ichidan verb, transitive verb
row up to; row alongside
Used for rowing a boat up to another vessel, a dock, or a specific point on the water.
漁師は大きな船に漕ぎ寄せた。
The fisherman rowed up to the large ship.
岸壁にボートを漕ぎ寄せる。
Row the boat up to the quay.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
Irregular okurigana usage; less common.
漕ぐ is the general verb for rowing or paddling; 漕ぎ寄せる specifically adds the direction of approaching something by rowing.
Compound of 漕ぎ (the continuative form of 漕ぐ 'to row') and 寄せる 'to bring near'.