Row Definition

rowed, rowing, rows
noun
rows
A number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line.
Webster's New World
A succession without a break or gap in time.
Won the title for three years in a row.
American Heritage
Any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel, as of seats in a theater or airplane, corn in a field, etc.
Webster's New World

In a table, any of the parallel series of cells running across.

Webster's New World
A street with a line of buildings on either side, specif. one with occupants or establishments of a specified kind.
Fraternity row.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
rowed, rowing, rows
To arrange or put in a row or rows.
Webster's New World
To propel (a boat, etc.) on water by or as by using oars.
Webster's New World
To use oars in propelling a boat.
Webster's New World
To be propelled by means of oars.
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To make, or take part in, a noisy quarrel or disturbance.
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idiom
a tough row to hoe
  • A difficult situation to endure.
American Heritage
hard row to hoe
  • anything difficult or wearisome to do
Webster's New World
in a row
  • in succession; consecutively
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Row

Noun

Singular:
row
Plural:
rows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Row

  • a tough row to hoe
  • hard row to hoe
  • in a row

Origin of Row

  • From Middle English rowen (“to row"), from Old English rōwan (“to row"), from Proto-Germanic *rōanÄ… (“to row"), from Proto-Indo-European *ere-, *h₁reh₁- (“to row"). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rowen from Old English rōwan erə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English rāw. Cognate with Dutch rij and German Reihe (“row").

    From Wiktionary

  • Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English rāw

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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