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row
1[roh]
noun
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line.
a row of apple trees.
a line of persons or things so arranged.
The petitioners waited in a row.
a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater.
seats in the third row of the balcony.
a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.
Music.tone row.
Checkers.one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.
verb (used with object)
to put in a row (often followed byup ).
row
2[roh]
verb (used without object)
to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.
verb (used with object)
to propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.
to convey in a boat that is rowed.
to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars).
The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.
to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
to perform or participate in by rowing.
to row a race.
to row against in a race.
Oxford rows Cambridge.
noun
an act, instance, or period of rowing.
It was a long row to the far bank.
an excursion in a rowboat.
to go for a row.
row
1/ əʊ /
noun
an arrangement of persons or things in a line
a row of chairs
a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical houses
( capital when part of a street name )
Church Row
a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc
maths a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix
a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard
in succession; one after the other
he won two gold medals in a row
a difficult task or assignment
row
2/ əʊ /
verb
to propel (a boat) by using oars
(tr) to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat
to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)
(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
(tr) to race against in a boat propelled by oars
Oxford row Cambridge every year
noun
an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
an excursion in a rowing boat
row
3/ ʊ /
noun
a noisy quarrel or dispute
a noisy disturbance; commotion
we couldn't hear the music for the row next door
a reprimand
informalto scold someone; tell someone off
verb
to quarrel noisily
archaic(tr) to reprimand
Other 51Թ Forms
- rowable adjective
- rower noun
- underrower noun
- ˈǷɱ noun
- ˈǷɾԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of row1
Origin of row2
Origin of row3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of row1
Origin of row2
Origin of row3
Idioms and Phrases
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.
Example Sentences
The row caused consternation among some in Zambia with people left wondering how they should mourn their former leader.
"Last night there were five in a row – a whole train of them. I love living here, apart from the motorhomes."
A beekeeper has come to the aid of a row of shops that were closed because of a swarm of bees and was rewarded with a free coffee from Greggs.
Consider the infamous brown rats of New York City, which have evolved longer noses and shorter upper molar tooth rows, the better to enjoy the Big Apple's colder weather and higher-quality food.
They had a public row at the end of last season, in which Verstappen was unhappy with what he perceived as Russell trying to get him a penalty at the Qatar Grand Prix.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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