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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