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row

1

[ roh ]

noun

  1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:

    a row of apple trees.

  2. a line of persons or things so arranged:

    The petitioners waited in a row.

  3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater:

    seats in the third row of the balcony.

  4. a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.
  5. Music. tone row.
  6. Checkers. one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put in a row (often followed by up ).

row

2

[ roh ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.

verb (used with object)

  1. to propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.
  2. to convey in a boat that is rowed.
  3. to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
  4. to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars):

    The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.

  5. to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
  6. to perform or participate in by rowing:

    to row a race.

  7. to row against in a race:

    Oxford rows Cambridge.

noun

  1. an act, instance, or period of rowing:

    It was a long row to the far bank.

  2. an excursion in a rowboat:

    to go for a row.

row

3

[ rou ]

noun

  1. a noisy dispute or quarrel; commotion.

    Synonyms: set-to, scrape, scrap, tiff, spat

  2. noise or clamor.

verb (used without object)

  1. to quarrel noisily.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British. to upbraid severely; scold.

row

1

/ raʊ /

noun

  1. a noisy quarrel or dispute
  2. a noisy disturbance; commotion

    we couldn't hear the music for the row next door

  3. a reprimand
  4. give someone a row informal.
    to scold someone; tell someone off
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verb

  1. introften foll bywith to quarrel noisily
  2. archaic.
    tr to reprimand
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row

2

/ rəʊ /

verb

  1. to propel (a boat) by using oars
  2. tr to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat
  3. to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)
  4. intr to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport, esp in eights, in which each member of the crew pulls one oar Compare scull
  5. tr to race against in a boat propelled by oars

    Oxford row Cambridge every year

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noun

  1. an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
  2. an excursion in a rowing boat
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row

3

/ rəʊ /

noun

  1. an arrangement of persons or things in a line

    a row of chairs

    1. a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical houses
    2. ( capital when part of a street name )

      Church Row

  2. a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc
  3. maths a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix
  4. a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard
  5. in a row
    in succession; one after the other

    he won two gold medals in a row

  6. a hard row to hoe
    a difficult task or assignment
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Derived Forms

  • ˈrower, noun
  • ˈrowing, noun
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Other Words From

  • rowa·ble adjective
  • rower noun
  • under·rower noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of row1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English reue, reuwe, rou(e) “row, line, rank (line of soldiers),” Old English rǣw, rāw; akin to Middle Dutch rije, Middle High German rīhe, German Reihe “row”

Origin of row2

First recorded before 950; Middle English rouen, rouwen, Old English rōwan “to go by water, sail, row”; cognate with Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus, Greek eretmón, both meaning “oar”; rudder

Origin of row3

First recorded in 1740–50; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of row1

C18: origin unknown

Origin of row2

Old English rōwan ; related to Middle Dutch roien , Middle High German rüejen , Old Norse rōa , Latin rēmus oar

Origin of row3

Old English rāw, rǣw ; related to Old High German rīga line, Lithuanian raiwe strip
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. hard / long row to hoe, a difficult task or set of circumstances to confront:

    At 32 and with two children, she found attending medical school a hard row to hoe.

More idioms and phrases containing row

see get one's ducks in a row ; kick up a fuss (row) ; skid row ; tough row to hoe .
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Example Sentences

They stood in a single row, united by solemn respect as the Liu family remained inside.

Last September, the "designer" duo got booed at Lanvin's Paris fashion show after they arrived late to their front row seats.

Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.

Detainees forced to stand on broken legs, or go 180 hours in a row without sleep.

Later that day he made a call from the row of phones in the yard and reached his wife for the first time in six months.

Of course, my first row was a long one, quite through the city from west to east, including innumerable turnings and windings.

The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.

Chumru, though no fighting-man, realized that he was expected to make a row and uttered a bloodcurdling yell.

I would have examined the poor man, but the friends kicked up a great row and shoved me off.

Now they are approaching the long row of noble beeches that line the boundary of Mortlake.

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