row1 nounrow2 verbrow3 nounrow4 verb
rowrow1 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A few months ago they had a big row, and Steve drove off and spent the weekend in London.
- Can you see me in the photo? I'm in the back row on the left.
- Gabrielle found a seat in the front row.
- Julie arranged her perfumes and creams in neat rows on the dressing table.
- The back wall was covered with row upon row of files.
- The couple in the house next door were having a blazing row.
- The hotel staff stood in a row to greet their important guests.
- The newspapers are full of stories about the continuing row over private education.
- The tiny cottages had been built in long rows.
- The World Trade Organization will give the two countries 60 days to end their row.
- There were always rows when my dad got home.
- They put a row of chairs out for the visitors.
- Row upon row of eggs confront me.
- Besides a standard keyboard, the memex would have rows of buttons and levers.
- If an estate car tempts you, it could pay to choose one with the option of an extra row of seats.
- It stood under some beech trees, between a row of cottages and a battered church.
- Just down the row of lockers from Cianfrocco are two young players who just bought their first homes, neither in California.
- She crossed to the wardrobe and opened it and saw her abandoned clothes hanging in a neat row.
- With one final effort the first row of marchers dug in their heels and came to a halt.
THESAURUS
a loud sound, especially an unpleasant one: · Traffic noise is a problem in inner-city areas.· Why is the washing machine making so much noise?
a loud unpleasant noise, especially one that annoys you. Racket is more informal than din: · I wish those kids would stop making such a racket.· I shouted to make myself heard above the din of the crowd.· the din of battle
British English a very loud unpleasant noise, especially one that continues for a long time: · the deafening row of the loudspeakers
a loud noise that continues for a long time – used about the noise from an engine, the traffic, a crowd, the sea, or the wind: · She heard the roar of a motorbike behind her.· the roar of the waves breaking on the beach· the roar of the crowd at the Blue Jays baseball game
especially written the unclear sound of a lot of people talking and moving around in a place: · It’s a wonderful place to escape from the hubbub of London’s busy streets.· His voice rose above the hubbub.
especially written a noise made by people arguing or fighting: · There was a big commotion going on outside the building.· He went downstairs to find out what was causing the commotion.
British English, clamor American English literary a loud noise made by a group of people or things all making a noise at the same time: · They heard the clamour of angry voices.· the clamor of the rain on the roof· the clamour of typewriters· the clamour of the birds
Longman Language Activatorhappening or doing something in a series happening one after the other: · Successive nights without sleep make any new parent feel ready to quit.· Jackson became the first batter since Babe Ruth to hit three successive home runs in a single game.· Successive governments have failed to tackle the problem of international debt.
consecutive days, years etc come after one another, with no breaks in between: · The company has made a profit for seven consecutive years.· You must get a doctor's certificate if you're off work sick for more than three consecutive days.
happening immediately one after another in a series, especially in an unusually long series: · The temperatures was 40 degrees below zero for two weeks straight.· She is hoping to beat her personal record of 21 straight victories.
if something happens on a number of occasions, days, years etc in succession , it happens on each of those occasions, days, years etc, without a break: · She's won the championship four times in succession.· It's not advisable to plant wheat in the same field for more than two years in succession.
if a number of events happen one after the other or one after another , each one happens soon after the previous one: · One after another they got up and left the room.· He was so thirsty that he drank five glasses of water, one after the other.· She smoked nervously throughout the meeting, one cigarette after another.
done two or more times, one after another, without a break: · Last week I overslept three days in a row.· The Blazers have won 11 games in a row.
if you do something for the third time, fifth time etc running , you do it that number of times without a break: · This is the fourth time running you've been late.· Spender won the Cambridge Poetry Prize three years running.
two alternate actions, events, feelings etc are done in a fixed order, first one, then the other, then the first one again etc: · He worked alternate night and day shifts.· Italian cities have imposed alternate-day driving rules in an effort to reduce pollution.alternate Sundays/weekends etc (=first one Sunday or weekend, but not the next, then the next Sunday or weekend but not the next etc): · She visits her parents on alternate Sundays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
row upon row (=many rows) of shelves stacked with books She’s been out four nights in a row. I’ve beaten her three times in a row.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
row upon row (=many rows) of shelves stacked with books She’s been out four nights in a row. I’ve beaten her three times in a row. (=very angry argument)
· Are you any good at rowing a boat?
British English
· That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph.
Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. British English I had a massive argument with her.
I had a massive argument with her. (=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.· Behind such a solid platform Toulon's back row of Melville, Louvet and Loppy thrived, roaming the field with impunity.· His grin spoke volumes to the back row.· Some sat in the back rows of the chapel like recalcitrant fourth-formers.· At times like this the back row inclined to craven panic.· Benny reddened at the stares, but Nan had left the two admirers and was bounding up to the back row.· The back row broke out in its loudest laughter yet.· A teacher in the back row could hardly contain herself.· There was a scramble for chairs in the back rows, but I was not one of the lucky ones.
· On the other side of the double row of barbed wire a guard was standing still holding his rifle at the ready.· It is a double row of fine, tall and expansive Victorian terraced villas and looks as if it is straight out of London.· This clever device produces a parallel double row on one side and a single row of zigzag stitches on the other.· The second turning starts at the outside edge turning the whole field including the double row towards the hedgerow.· Its staring eyes and double row of fangs feature in many religious icons, and its skin has magical healing properties.· As they stood and ate, a double row of warm yellow lights sprang into life and illuminated Beda Fomm.· A Smarty number in the middle and a double row round the edge.· Salvation Street was on his left, a double row of cottages which cut across the low neck of land.
· He would treat himself to a seat in the front row.· He knew he could abuse the front row as much as he wanted.· A year earlier, he qualified on the front row of the F1 grid in a Formula Two Matra.· Hector sits in the back seat of the front row, nearest the door.· I suggest that the front row of the chorus at the Folies Berge res would have been a better place.· Miss Rose and Uncle Billy; holding hands on the front row.· Don t sit in the front row, unless you re a masochist.· Out of deference to me, and for the eventual eradication of our corneas, we sat in the absolute front row.
NOUN· Women guards supervise showering and conduct body searches on male death row.· Instead he fairly hustled his big body along, as if it were a laggardly prisoner he was escorting down death row.· Only two death row inmates have been put to death since then, and both men chose to call off their appeals.· The picture has an odd formality to it, a portrait of the Madonna on death row.· He is on death row awaiting execution for a non-political murder.· Despite attempts to curb the number of appeals, death row waits are growing.
· Then footage of police, some in uniform, some not, gathered on the stoop of a row house.· Narrow, two-story, brick row houses flanked the pump works on either side.· The old row house is just a memory.· The apartment to which she and Uncle Allen welcomed us was in a declining row house on Wakeman Avenue.· Rob DeGraff ditched his roomy house and 10, 000 square-foot lot for a row house with a patch of yard.· They still lived in the row house with their 1955 station wagon.
VERB· Now you're ready to knit the next row and that's all there is to it.· Set the back carriage to knit and knit four rows.· Hold this end of the yarn lightly to stop it jumping off the needles and knit a row.· Using at least two full sizes tighter than main tension, knit the number of rows given in pattern for rib.· That is all it does, once the stitches have been transferred, the main carriage will knit the row.· Transfer alternate stitches and knit two rows of stocking stitch throughout, always transferring in the same direction.· Push 30 needles at left to hold. Knit one row.
· Peter Jacobsen probably likes to sit in the front row at movies and be there in time for the trailers.· In the stalls Timothy Gedge sat three rows behind the children from Sea House, with the carrier-bag by his feet.· Frank sat one row above him and slightly to the side, drinking an orangeade.· They sat on the second row of choir benches to the left of the altar.· Most graduates of Harvard Business School sat in the front row.· Then they were sat down in neat rows, boys on one side and girls on the other.· Elmer sat primly behind the rows of photographs, his hands folded beside a dummy of the current front page.
· They stood in three rows of five, to be counted and then marched forward.· I circled the house at a distance, passed through the orchard into the garden and stood amid the rows of broccoli.· A fleet of elevators stood neatly in a row inside the swing doors.· For the last minutes of the film, Marge and Rowena stood behind the last row of seats.· They stand in a straight row, neat and orderly, facing south.· You know my dad, can't stand rows.· Stephansdom, and pastel century-old apartments standing in a tight row like a chorus line.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be on skid row
1- After 4 defeats in a row.
- Already struggling, the Browns slipped into chaos, losing six in a row and finishing 5-11.
- Colley the Mason came blundering through the crowds, treading on the sick laid out in rows on the ground.
- The club has lost six of nine games, three in a row and all three this spring to the Braves.
- The shop is one of several in a row in the grade two listed terrace.
- There they were, those pretty young girls all in a row, wearing standardized bathing suits, glamour gowns and smiles.
- Whitley scored eight goals in a row, three of them in 61 seconds, to win 9-6.
- Yes, the Sonics have fallen in the first round two years in a row.
- Improving schools with little funding is a tough row to hoe.
- They have a hard row to hoe.
- And certainly there would be the most almighty row if Clarke got the push.
- Before he got half way, they dropped with an almighty crash on to the stone floor.
- And this caused a flaming row at the school debating society.
- I was a girl in a flaming temper.
- It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
- It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink.
- It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
- It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
- Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss.
a line of things or people next to each otherrow of a row of houses rows of treesin a row The children were asked to stand in a row. row upon row (=many rows) of shelves stacked with books2a line of seats in a theatre or cinema: We sat in the front row.3in a row happening a number of times, one after the other SYN consecutively4 nights/3 weeks etc in a row She’s been out four nights in a row. I’ve beaten her three times in a row.4used in the name of some roads: 22 Church Row5a hard/tough row to hoe used to say that a particular situation is difficultrow1 nounrow2 verbrow3 nounrow4 verb
rowrow2 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ ●●○ verb VERB TABLE
row
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | row |
| he, she, it | rows | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rowed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rowed |
| he, she, it | has rowed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rowed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will row |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rowed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am rowing |
| he, she, it | is rowing | |
| you, we, they | are rowing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was rowing |
| you, we, they | were rowing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rowing |
| he, she, it | has been rowing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rowing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rowing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rowing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In the afternoon, we rowed out to the island.
- As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore.
- I lost the race and finished up trying to row half a dinghy with the crew cheering in the distance.
- In contrast, governments that put steering and rowing within the same organization limit themselves to relatively narrow strategies.
- Some ironically offered to get into the boats and row them to camp through the mud...
- They did not intend rowing so far.
WORD SETS
adrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Why don’t we go for a row?COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
Why don’t we go for a row? (=very angry argument)
· Are you any good at rowing a boat?
British English
· That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph.
Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. British English I had a massive argument with her.
I had a massive argument with her. (=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.· Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance.· Caretaker reflected: if he got the Amy Roy's tender out and rowed across, it would take about fifteen minutes.· Her brother rowed across and to his dismay saw that the man was wearing convict's clothes.
· As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore.
· When she returned to her boat, she did not notice this, and proceeded to row back to her lock-house.· Then she rowed back to the middle of the river, and, thinking she was alone, jumped out to swim.· He could have drowned rowing back from the yacht club.· They would row about fifty yards in one direction, then turn round and row back, seemingly over the same ground.· The ferryman asked the boy why he had to row back and forth and could never be set free.
· He rows out alone into the estuary, and waits there - waits for what?· Then there was the time Hammond bravely rowed out to an island on the golf course at the Tucson Country Club.· So once again he rowed out to sea, and for three days neither ate nor fished.
· He rows over, restrains her, and brings her into his boat.· The sailors saw him at once, and rowed over to rescue him.
· Again Jesse Johnson and the new preacher Sinnett rowed up to the raft to meet Clayt.
NOUN· Some ironically offered to get into the boats and row them to camp through the mud....· The boat is rowed slowly round the lough whilst an angler sitting in the stern casts out at right angles.· The lord stepped out of the boat that had rowed him ashore and slowly mounted the steps of the pier.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be on skid row
[intransitive, transitive] to make a boat move across water using oarsrow away/towards/across- And certainly there would be the most almighty row if Clarke got the push.
- Before he got half way, they dropped with an almighty crash on to the stone floor.
- And this caused a flaming row at the school debating society.
- I was a girl in a flaming temper.
- It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
- It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink.
- It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
- It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
- Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss.
She rowed across the lake. Jenny used to row at college (=as a sport).—row noun [singular]: Why don’t we go for a row?—rower noun [countable]row1 nounrow2 verbrow3 nounrow4 verb
rowrow3 /raʊ/ noun British English EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Row upon row of eggs confront me.
- Besides a standard keyboard, the memex would have rows of buttons and levers.
- If an estate car tempts you, it could pay to choose one with the option of an extra row of seats.
- She crossed to the wardrobe and opened it and saw her abandoned clothes hanging in a neat row.
- With one final effort the first row of marchers dug in their heels and came to a halt.
THESAURUS
a situation in which people speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: · an argument between two drivers over who had right of way· A 29-year-old man was shot and killed today after an argument over a gambling debt.
British English, fight especially American English a loud angry argument with someone, especially your boyfriend, girlfriend, or someone in your family. Row is also used about a serious disagreement between politicians about important public issues: · There were always fights between my parents.· the continuing row over tax increases· A few months ago they had a big row, and Steve drove off and spent the weekend in London.
a situation in which people disagree with each other, but without shouting or getting angry: · There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.· Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss.
especially British English an argument, especially one in which people get angry and that lasts a long time. Quarrel sounds more formal and more serious than argument or row: · a bitter family quarrel
a very bitter argument between two groups, especially families, which lasts for many years and causes people to hate each other: · The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.
a public or legal argument about something, especially one which continues for a long time: · Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher.· The settlement will resolve a long-running dispute over the country’s nuclear program.
an argument in which two people or groups criticize each other continuously in public: · The war of words over construction delays at the airport has erupted again.
British English informal a very bad argument, especially one in which people decide to separate from each other: · He had a bust-up with the team manager.
an angry argument in which people shout at each other: · He got into a shouting match with another driver.
British English informal an argument in which people insult each other: · He was sacked after a slanging match with a colleague.
a loud sound, especially an unpleasant one: · Traffic noise is a problem in inner-city areas.· Why is the washing machine making so much noise?
a loud unpleasant noise, especially one that annoys you. Racket is more informal than din: · I wish those kids would stop making such a racket.· I shouted to make myself heard above the din of the crowd.· the din of battle
British English a very loud unpleasant noise, especially one that continues for a long time: · the deafening row of the loudspeakers
a loud noise that continues for a long time – used about the noise from an engine, the traffic, a crowd, the sea, or the wind: · She heard the roar of a motorbike behind her.· the roar of the waves breaking on the beach· the roar of the crowd at the Blue Jays baseball game
especially written the unclear sound of a lot of people talking and moving around in a place: · It’s a wonderful place to escape from the hubbub of London’s busy streets.· His voice rose above the hubbub.
especially written a noise made by people arguing or fighting: · There was a big commotion going on outside the building.· He went downstairs to find out what was causing the commotion.
British English, clamor American English literary a loud noise made by a group of people or things all making a noise at the same time: · They heard the clamour of angry voices.· the clamor of the rain on the roof· the clamour of typewriters· the clamour of the birds
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Have you and Peter had a row?
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + row· They had a huge row when he got back home early yesterday.
· She left the party after a furious row with her boyfriend.
(=a very angry row)· She had a blazing row with Eddie and stormed out of the house.
(=a very angry row)· That night there was a stand-up row among the four kidnappers.
· When he turned up late, there was a family row.
informal (=a very angry row)· An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=very angry argument)
· Are you any good at rowing a boat?
British English
· That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph.
Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. British English I had a massive argument with her.
I had a massive argument with her. (=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.· After it was extinguished by ground staff, a furious row then ensued between the referee and our lads.· The overweight 45year-old was believed to have suffocated her 65-year-old victim during a furious row.· It followed a furious row on Saturday morning.· Again there was a furious row.· These telephone calls provoke long and furious rows between Mr Smith and his second wife.· A furious row broke out last night over who should film the happy couple outside tiny Crathie church.· When the Socialist government came to power there was a furious public row.
· I looked across the long row of pens.· Tracer rounds corkscrewed through the glare, and people were dying in long neat rows.· Ben climbed them slowly, tired from the long row back.· It was dead low tide and rather a long row.· On the outskirts of Tabor there were long rows of multi-storey apartment blocks of an extraordinary ugliness; many flats looked empty.· On the long row back he had traced the logic of the thing time and again.· These telephone calls provoke long and furious rows between Mr Smith and his second wife.· Facing the front of the Post Office was a long row of seal-makers and scribes squatting in the dust with their customers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be on skid row
1[countable] a short angry argument, especially between people who know each other well SYN quarrelrow with- And certainly there would be the most almighty row if Clarke got the push.
- Before he got half way, they dropped with an almighty crash on to the stone floor.
- And this caused a flaming row at the school debating society.
- I was a girl in a flaming temper.
- It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
- It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink.
- It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
- It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
- Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss.
He had just had a row with his wife.row about What was the row about? a family row a blazing row (=a very angry argument)► see thesaurus at argument2[countable] a situation in which people disagree strongly about important public matters SYN controversyrow about/over a new row over government secrecy3[singular] a loud unpleasant noise that continues for a long time SYN racket: Stop that row – I’m trying to get to sleep!COLLOCATIONSverbshave a row· Have you and Peter had a row?ADJECTIVES/NOUN + rowa huge row· They had a huge row when he got back home early yesterday.a furious row· She left the party after a furious row with her boyfriend.a blazing/flaming row (=a very angry row)· She had a blazing row with Eddie and stormed out of the house.a stand-up row (=a very angry row)· That night there was a stand-up row among the four kidnappers.a family row· When he turned up late, there was a family row.an unholy row informal (=a very angry row)· An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.row1 nounrow2 verbrow3 nounrow4 verb
rowrow4 /raʊ/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLE
row
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | row |
| he, she, it | rows | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rowed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rowed |
| he, she, it | has rowed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rowed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will row |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rowed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am rowing |
| he, she, it | is rowing | |
| you, we, they | are rowing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was rowing |
| you, we, they | were rowing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rowing |
| he, she, it | has been rowing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rowing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rowing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rowing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore.
- As we've seen, row one is background, rows two and three are pattern, and row four is background.
- She got in the car to talk to him but, as the couple rowed, shot himself.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=very angry argument)
· Are you any good at rowing a boat?
British English
· That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph.
Beth’s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row. British English I had a massive argument with her.
I had a massive argument with her. (=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
An unholy row broke out between two of the men drinking in the bar.· Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance.· Caretaker reflected: if he got the Amy Roy's tender out and rowed across, it would take about fifteen minutes.· Her brother rowed across and to his dismay saw that the man was wearing convict's clothes.
· As the two rowed away, the mob reached the shore.
· When she returned to her boat, she did not notice this, and proceeded to row back to her lock-house.· Then she rowed back to the middle of the river, and, thinking she was alone, jumped out to swim.· He could have drowned rowing back from the yacht club.· They would row about fifty yards in one direction, then turn round and row back, seemingly over the same ground.· The ferryman asked the boy why he had to row back and forth and could never be set free.
· He rows out alone into the estuary, and waits there - waits for what?· Then there was the time Hammond bravely rowed out to an island on the golf course at the Tucson Country Club.· So once again he rowed out to sea, and for three days neither ate nor fished.
· He rows over, restrains her, and brings her into his boat.· The sailors saw him at once, and rowed over to rescue him.
· Again Jesse Johnson and the new preacher Sinnett rowed up to the raft to meet Clayt.
NOUN· Some ironically offered to get into the boats and row them to camp through the mud....· The boat is rowed slowly round the lough whilst an angler sitting in the stern casts out at right angles.· The lord stepped out of the boat that had rowed him ashore and slowly mounted the steps of the pier.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be on skid row
British English to argue in an angry wayrow about- And certainly there would be the most almighty row if Clarke got the push.
- Before he got half way, they dropped with an almighty crash on to the stone floor.
- And this caused a flaming row at the school debating society.
- I was a girl in a flaming temper.
- It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
- It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink.
- It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
- It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
- Yet when pedestrianisation was first announced the city's shopkeepers, taxi drivers and disabled groups kicked up a fuss.
They rowed about money all the time.