row
1a 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.
to put in a row (often followed by up).
Idioms about row
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.
Origin of row
1Other definitions for row (2 of 3)
to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.
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.
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.
Origin of row
2Other words from row
- row·a·ble, adjective
- rower, noun
- un·der·row·er, noun
Other definitions for row (3 of 3)
a noisy dispute or quarrel; commotion.
noise or clamor.
to quarrel noisily.
Chiefly British. to upbraid severely; scold.
Origin of row
3Other words for row
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How to use row in a sentence
For years, Mooney rowed around Long Island promoting HIV/AIDS awareness.
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother | Justin Jones | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOdysseus ordered his men to stuff their ears with beeswax as they rowed by.
War Nostalgia Is Leading Veterans to Places Like Syria. One Went Missing There. | Elliot Ackerman | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Rio Grande split into two channels, and we rowed to port and took the American side.
That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThey gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
As he rowed back to the town, it seemed to him that he was quite a different Jacob Worse to the one who had rowed from it.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandBy the time of our return the tide had already risen several feet and we were rowed to the mainland in a boat.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyHis zeal cooled, and he conjured up a thousand difficulties as they rowed across the bay.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
British Dictionary definitions for row (1 of 3)
/ (rəʊ) /
an arrangement of persons or things in a line: a row of chairs
mainly British 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 a row in succession; one after the other: he won two gold medals in a row
a hard row to hoe a difficult task or assignment
Origin of row
1British Dictionary definitions for row (2 of 3)
/ (raʊ) /
a noisy quarrel or dispute
a noisy disturbance; commotion: we couldn't hear the music for the row next door
a reprimand
give someone a row informal to scold someone; tell someone off
(intr often foll by with) to quarrel noisily
(tr) archaic to reprimand
Origin of row
2British Dictionary definitions for row (3 of 3)
/ (rəʊ) /
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 (def. 6)
(tr) to race against in a boat propelled by oars: Oxford row Cambridge every year
an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
an excursion in a rowing boat
Origin of row
3- See also row over
Derived forms of row
- rower, noun
- rowing, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with row
see get one's ducks in a row; kick up a fuss (row); skid row; tough row to hoe.
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