row¹ Definition
row (rō)
noun
- a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line
- any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel, as of seats in a theater or airplane, corn in a field, etc.
- a street with a line of buildings on either side, specif. one with occupants or establishments of a specified kind fraternity row
Etymology: ME rowe < OE ræw, akin to Ger reihe < IE base *rei-, to tear, split > rive, reap
transitive verb
to arrange or put in a row or rows
row¹ Idioms
hard row to hoe
or long row to hoe☆anything difficult or wearisome to do
in a row
in succession; consecutively
row² Definition
row (rō)
transitive verb
- to propel (a boat, etc.) on water by or as by using oars
- to convey in or on a boat, etc. propelled in this way
- to employ (a specified number of oars): said of a boat
- to use (oarsmen, a stroke, etc. as specified) in rowing, esp. in a race
- to engage in (a race) by rowing
- to row against in a race
Etymology: ME rowen < OE rowan, akin to ON roa < IE base *erē-, to row, oar > rudder, L remus, oar, Gr eretēs, rower
intransitive verb
- to use oars in propelling a boat
- to be propelled by means of oars: said of a boat
noun
- an act or period of rowing
- a trip made by rowboat
row² Related Forms
row³ Definition
row (ro̵u)
noun
a noisy quarrel, dispute, or disturbance; squabble, brawl, or commotion
Etymology: back-form. < ? rouse, with loss of s, as in pea or cherry
intransitive verb
to make, or take part in, a noisy quarrel or disturbance
row Synonyms
row
n.
hard row to hoe
in a row
row Synonyms
row Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- grid: Race one saw Harris get away from the front row of the grid into fifth position.
- cottage: Beside the lock is a row of cottages, with opposite an arm full of boats.
- vine: Adopt an English Row of Vines with Lunch £ 119.00 +p&p Rent a Row of English vines, plus lunch and wine for two!
- seat: In fact, the trains didn't have compartments at all, just rows of boring seats.
- bead: Lower part of both sides is decorated with concentric U-shaped rows of glass beads applied in lazy stitch technique on beige thread.
- popper: You stuff the Fuzzi Bunz with the Micro Insert provided and the diaper fastens with two rows of poppers.
Possessives
murderer: Had passenger cabins must-reads economist and quot murderers ' row above our beds.
Converse of object
- knit: The image here shows a scarf knitted in 2 rows knit and 2 rows purl.
- spark: Signs spark row in Heartbeat land Sheep farmers anxious to save their flocks have put up signs turning away visitors from a tourist attraction.
- blaze: United team-mates, including Rio Ferdinand, allegedly calmed him down after the blazing row.
- insert: Or, you can insert new rows or columns so that existing cells remain in their original rows or columns.
Adjective modifier
- front: The middle player in each front row is the hooker.
- neat: It is certainly worth looking inside to see the neat rows of jarred sweets on display normally never less than 90 jars.
- horizontal: Very long wedges are normally horizontal because the writing has a fundamental orientation toward narrow horizontal rows of graphs.
- bottom: The bottom row above the red boxes contains a key for every file in the directory: these are the leaf nodes.
- top: Normally you will want the top row of the table to contain the field names, followed by a separate row for each record.
- second: Division, represented by the red slash / on the last key in the second row, is invoked the same way.
Noun used with modifier
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