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row



I. row 1 [row rows rowed rowing] noun, verb BrE [rəʊ] NAmE [roʊ]
see also row 2
noun
1. ~ (of sb/sth) a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line
a row of trees
We sat in a row at the back of the room.
The vegetables were planted in neat rows.
2. a line of seats in a cinema/movie theater, etc
Let's sit in the back row.
Our seats are five rows from the front.
3. a complete line of stitches in knitting or ↑crochet
4. Rowused in the name of some roads
Manor Row
5. usually singular an act of ↑rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this
We went for a row on the lake.
see also death row, ↑skid row
more at get/have (all) your ducks in a row at duck n.

Thesaurus:
row noun C
The vegetables were planted in rows.
line • • rank • • file • • cordon • |BrE queue
a row/line/rank/file/queue of sb/sth
in a row/(a) line/single file/a queue
(an) orderly row/line/ranks/queue
Row or line? People or things in a row are next to each other from side to side. People or things in a line can be next to each other from side to side, but are more often one behind the other from front to back. People or vehicles in a row are not usually waiting for anything; those in a line usually are
•a row of parked cars
• a line of traffic waiting at the lights
In British English the usual word for people waiting in a line is queue; in American English it is line.

Example Bank:
He looked down at row upon row of eager faces.
It rained for five days in a row.
She arranged the chairs in two neat rows.
The children stood in a row.
We have seats in the front row.
a long row of houses
endless rows of identical houses
serried rows of vines
He turned into Church Row.
I live at 22 Western Row.
Let's sit in the back row.
They live in a row house in Washington's Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
a row of children/houses/trees
Idiom:in a row
 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to move a boat through water using ↑oars (= long wooden poles with flat ends)
We rowed around the island.
~ sth Grace rowed the boat out to sea again.
2. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to take sb somewhere in a boat with ↑oars
The fisherman rowed us back to the shore.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 Old English rāw Germanic Dutch rij German Reihe n. sense 5 and v. Old English rōwan Germanic ↑rudder Indo-European Latin remus ‘oar’ Greek eretmon ‘oar’
 
 
II. row 2 [row rows rowed rowing] noun, verb BrE [raʊ] NAmE [raʊ]
see also row 1
noun (informal, especially BrE)
1. countable ~ (about/over sth) a serious disagreement between people, organizations, etc. about sth
A row has broken out over education.
2. countable a noisy argument between two or more people
Syn: quarrel
She left him after a blazing row.
family rows
He had a row with his son.
3. singular a loud unpleasant noise
Syn: din, Syn:racket
Who's making that row?

Example Bank:
A row blew up over pay rises for ministers.
Carol and I had a terrible row about how much money she spends.
He came to prominence in the row over defence policy.
I'm going to kick up a row if I don't get my money back.
Someone's making an unholy row outside.
We had a blazing row over who should do the cooking.
a row between the left and right wings of the party
a row with my mother
A row has broken out over education.
He'd had a row with his son.
She left him after a blazing row.

 
verb intransitive (BrE, informal)
to have a noisy argument
Mike and Sue are always rowing.
~ (with sb) (about sb/sth) She had rowed with her parents about her boyfriend.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
Mike and Sue are always rowing.
She rowed with her parents about her new boyfriend.

 

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