row 1 (r )n. 1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line. 2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row. 3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom. 4. A continuous line of buildings along a street. tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows Idiom: To place in a row. a tough row to hoe Informal A difficult situation to endure. [Middle English, from Old English r  w.] |
| row 2 (r) v. rowed, row·ing, rows v.intr. Nautical To propel a boat with or as if with oars. v.tr. 1. Nautical a. To propel (a boat) with or as if with oars. b. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars. c. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them). 2. To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat. 3. Sports a. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew. b. To race against by rowing. n. Nautical 1. a. The act or an instance of rowing. b. A shift at the oars of a boat. 2. A trip or an excursion in a rowboat. [Middle English rowen, from Old English r wan; see er - in Indo-European roots.]row  er n. |
| row 3 (rou) n. 1. A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl. 2. An uproar; a great noise. intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows To take part in a quarrel, brawl, or uproar. [Origin unknown.] |
row 1 [rhymes with know]
Noun
1. an arrangement of people or things in a line: a row of shops
2. a line of seats in a cinema or theatre
3. Brit a street lined with identical houses
4. Maths a horizontal line of numbers
5. in a row in succession: five championships in a row [Old English rāw, rǣw]
row 2 [rhymes with know]
Verb
1. to propel (a boat) by using oars
2. to carry (people or goods) in a rowing boat
3. to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport
Noun
1. an act or spell of rowing
2. an excursion in a rowing boat [Old English rōwan]
rowing n
row 3 [rhymes with cow] Informal
Noun
1. a noisy quarrel
2. a controversy or dispute: the row over Europe
3. a noisy disturbance: go to the insurance offices and kick up a row about your money
4. a reprimand
Verb
to quarrel noisily [origin unknown]
Row a number of things or persons set out in a circle, in a string or series, or in a line—Wilkes.
Examples: row of answers, 1674; of beans; of grain, 1707; of houses, 1450; of onions, 1880; of piles, 1229; of pillars, 1610; of pineapples, 1779; of stakes, 1719; of theatre seats, 1710; of teeth, 1887; of words, 1510; of writers, 1576.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  row - an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" serration - a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip" terrace - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace" |
| 2. |  row - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" bust-up - a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) | |
| 3. | row - a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" strip - a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" | |
| 4. | row - (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" damp course, damp-proof course - a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" row of bricks - a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line) wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" | |
| 5. | row - a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" table, tabular array - a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" | |
| 6. | row - a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row" chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness, sequence - a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" | |
| 7. |  row - the act of rowing as a sport feathering, feather - turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" sculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | |
| Verb | 1. | row - propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" stroke - row at a particular rate boat - ride in a boat on water pull - operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars" scull - propel with sculls; "scull the boat" |
row 1
noun line, bank, range, series, file, rank, string, column, sequence, queue, tier >> in a row consecutively, running, in turn, one after the other, successively, in sequence
row 2
noun 1. quarrel, dispute, argument, squabble, tiff, trouble, controversy, scrap (informal) fuss, falling-out (informal) fray, brawl, fracas, altercation, slanging match Brit. shouting match (informal) shindig (informal) ruction (informal) ruckus (informal) shindy (informal) bagarre (French)
noun 3. telling-off, talking-to (informal) lecture, reprimand, ticking-off (informal) dressing-down (informal) rollicking Brit. (informal), (informal) tongue-lashing, reproof, castigation, flea in your ear (informal)
Translations
row [rəu] n (= line) → fila, hilera;
(KNITTING) → vuelta [rau] (noise) → escándalo (= dispute); bronca, pelea (= fuss); jaleo (= scolding); reprimenda
vt [+ boat] → conducir remando;
4 days in a row → 4 días seguidos;
row1 [rəu] n (= line) → rangée f [of people, seats], (Knitting) → rang m;
row2 [rau] n (= noise) → vacarme m (= dispute); dispute f, querelle f (= scolding); réprimande f, savon m
(behind one another) [of cars, people]; file f
vi (in boat) → ramer;
in a row (fig) → d'affilée
row2 [rau] n (= noise) → vacarme m (= dispute); dispute f, querelle f (= scolding); réprimande f, savon m
row1 [rəu] n (line) → Reihe f
row2 [rau] n (din) → Krach m, Lärm m;
vi (in boat) → rudern
vt (boat) → rudern;
three times in a row → dreimal hintereinander
row2 [rau] n (din) → Krach m, Lärm m;
(dispute) → Streit m
row1 [rəu] n (= line) → riga, fila;
row2 [rau] n (= noise) → baccano, chiasso (= dispute); lite f
(KNITTING) → ferro;
(behind one another) [of cars, people] → fila
vi (in boat) → remare;
(as sport) → vogare
vt [+ boat] → manovrare a remi;
in a row (fig) → di fila
row2 [rau] n (= noise) → baccano, chiasso (= dispute); lite f
vi → litigare;
to have a row → litigare
n row [rəu]
a line two rows of houses; They were sitting in a row; They sat in the front row in the theatre. ry صَف ред řada række die Reihe σειρά, στοίχος hilera, fila rida ردیف rivi rang(ée) שוּרָה झगड़ा niz, red sor deretan röð fila 列 줄, 열 eilė rinda barisan rij rekke, rad rząd fila rând, şir ряд rad vrsta red rad แถว sıra, dizi (一)排 ряд قطار hàng; dãy （一）排
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