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ROW
rowing, row
(noun) the act of rowing as a sport
course, row
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry; “a course of bricks”
row
(noun) a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; “they won the championship three years in a row”
quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
(noun) an angry dispute; “they had a quarrel”; “they had words”
row
(noun) an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; “a row of chairs”
row
(noun) a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
row
(noun) a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); “a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds”; “rows of barbed wire protected the trenches”
row
(verb) propel with oars; “row the boat across the lake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
row (plural rows)
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
A line of entries in a table, etc, going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
Antonym: column
Synonyms
• (line of objects): line, sequence, series, succession, tier (of seats)
• (in a table): line
Etymology 2
Noun
row (plural rows)
An act or instance of rowing.
(weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Verb
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
(transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
Synonym: paddle
(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
(intransitive) To be moved by oars.
Etymology 3
Noun
row (plural rows)
A noisy argument.
Synonyms: argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
A continual loud noise.
Synonyms: din, racket
Verb
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
(intransitive) to argue noisily
Synonyms: argue, fight
Anagrams
• Wor., wor
Proper noun
Row (plural Rows)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Row is the 12703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2430 individuals. Row is most common among White (85.43%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Wor., wor
Source: Wiktionary
Row, a. & adv. Etym: [See Rough.]
Definition: Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he never so row." Chaucer.
Row, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.]
Definition: A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.] Byron.
Row, n. Etym: [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. raw, r; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r a line, stroke.]
Definition: A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns. And there were windows in three rows. 1 Kings vii. 4. The bright seraphim in burning row. Milton. Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in drills.
– Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.
Row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing.] Etym: [AS. r; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. rĂĽejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r, L. remus oar, Gr. aritra. sq. root8. Cf. Rudder.]
1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
Row, v. i.
1. To use the oar; as, to row well.
2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Row, n.
Definition: The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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