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row1 /rəʊ /noun1A number of people or things in a more or less straight line: her villa stood in a row of similar ones...- There were peas, and beans, and rows of young turnips, and carrots, and parsnips, all bordered by long straight rows of wheat.
- Tobias grinned again, exposing two rows of straight white teeth.
- Family photos cover one of the walls, straight rows of memories that seem to blend into one another.
Synonyms line, column, file, cordon; queue; procession, chain, string, series, succession informal crocodile 1.1A line of seats in a theatre: they sat in the front row...- Devon, Joannah, and Layla found a seat in the row before the last of the full theatre.
- Within a week of the wedding, he was back at the theater, ensconced in his customary aisle seat in the third row.
- Not one to miss the opportunity, he grabbed honours by occupying a seat in the first row.
Synonyms 1.2 [often in place names] A street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides: he lives at 23 Saville Row...- Ever since the blast rocked four houses in the middle of a terraced row in Cecilia Street, Great Lever, two years ago, piles of rubble have remained to mark the spot.
- Yesterday was the last day of the holidays for children in homes along the busy row on the Collie Road, minutes from Clonmel town.
- Amazingly, the garden has grown to be more than 60 ft-long and has crept around the side of the terraced row.
1.3A horizontal line of entries in a table: visualize the subject in the form of a sheet of paper divided into columns and rows...- I had lines and lines of code defining table cells and rows.
- The first two rows of Table 1 present descriptive information on this first set of indexes for the population.
- The entries in the rows of Tables III and IV include all reported instruments that were used by multiple schools.
1.4A complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet.Instead of starting with 38 stitches for the cuffs, I cast on 46 and increased 2 stitches every 6 rows....- Dawn was stitching the last row when Tobit barged in, followed by Will.
- To quilt the sashing and borders, set the machine for a serpentine stitch and stitch parallel rows down the strips.
Phrasesa hard (or tough) row to hoe in a row Row Z OriginOld English rāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe. The sense ‘an orderly line’ is recorded from Old English. Row meaning ‘to propel with oars’ is also Old English, but is a different word that goes back to a root shared also by Latin remus ‘oar’. The kind of row that results from a heated argument is a different word again, with a different pronunciation. It turned up in English from an unknown source in the middle of the 18th century, when it was considered to be slang or ‘low’ speech.
Rhymesallow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, dhow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou row2 /rəʊ /verb [with object]1Propel (a boat) with oars: out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy...- A girl rows a raft made from banana-tree shoots in the flooded Samata, 35 km east of Guwahati, on Thursday.
- The Turkish galleys were rowed by slaves: some of the Christian ships were rowed by volunteers.
- The ferryman dies and Siddhartha is left to row the ferry himself.
1.1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Travel by rowing a boat: we rowed down the river all day...- You used to row out to your boat moored away from the shore.
- Mr Butler rowed single-handed across the Atlantic in 2001.
- Campus staff occasionally rowed out to the lake centre in a wooden boat to spread fish food more evenly onto the lake surface.
1.2Convey (a passenger) in a boat by rowing it: her father was rowing her across the lake...- The lack of port was a problem for the little township - supplies and passengers had to be rowed by boat through the rolling surf - often struggling wet and miserable to shore.
- On his retirement in 1992, CDRE McKay was rowed across the lake in a Navy dinghy.
- The town council has in turn appealed to the seamanship of the Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets who have agreed to launch one of their boats to row the raiding party across.
1.3 [no object] Engage in the sport of rowing, especially competitively: he rowed for England [with complement]: he rowed stroke in the University Eight...- He was a fit man, apart from fairly well controlled hypertension, who had been rowing competitively until his 70th birthday, and he rarely visited his general practitioner.
- He will be rowing with Matthew Pinsent in the coxless pairs.
- He was also involved in rowing for many years and had few equals in that sport especially when he rowed in the Bluebird in the late sixties and early seventies.
noun [in singular]A spell of rowing.The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat slip at the Rowing Club when Kieran became suddenly ill....- In the women's senior coxed fours, the girls from the school gave a good account of themselves with a well-drilled row to beat Whitby Friendship Rowing Club easily.
- I got up at 6 and went for a row.
Phrasal verbsrow back row someone down row someone out row over OriginOld English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus 'oar', Greek eretmon 'oar'. row3 /raʊ /noun British informal1A noisy acrimonious quarrel: they had a row and she stormed out of the house...- Neighbours said the couple occasionally had noisy rows and sometimes appeared aloof, but they were otherwise unremarkable.
- One neighbour, a teenager who did not want to be named, told how she had heard a noisy row.
- Late-night rows throughout the festivities threatened to engulf innocent bystanders and shocked tourists.
Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, fight, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, shouting match, exchange, war of words informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat British informal barney, slanging match, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up British informal, Football afters North American informal rhubarb archaic broil, miff Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie French archaic tracasserie(s) 1.1A serious dispute: the director is at the centre of a row over policy decisions...- There have been and continue to be serious tensions and bitter rows - but all concerned have dealt with these in a very adult and professional way.
- By the weekend, however, as unheard cases were adjourned in the District Court, there was the beginning of a nervousness that the row could become serious.
- Any plans to fast-track incineration projects are likely to cause a serious row in the cabinet.
1.2A severe reprimand: I always got a row if I left food on my plate...- I was very angry at her and I got a row for being huffy and I got grounded for a month.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, reproof, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure informal rap, rap over the knuckles, telling-off, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, dressing-down, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out, caning, blast British informal ticking off, carpeting, wigging, rollicking, rocket Australian/New Zealand informal serve British vulgar slang bollocking dated rating 2A loud noise or uproar: if he’s at home he must have heard that row...- Then, from the other end of house, she said she heard ‘an awful row, shouting and raised voices, a real commotion’.
- I would describe the sound as a horrible row, but as I'm in the band I would like to think it is hard punk!
Synonyms din, noise, racket, clamour, uproar, tumult, hubbub, commotion, disturbance, brouhaha, ruckus, rumpus, pandemonium, babel informal ruction, hullabaloo North American informal foofaraw verb [no object]1Have a quarrel: they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale she had rowed with her boyfriend the day before...- The girl had been drinking wine and a cocktail that night and she was escorted from the bar by staff after rowing with a former boyfriend and pushing a waitress.
- Heather, at the wedding with her boyfriend, has rowed with her cousin Lorna, who turns her nose up at everything about Kilronan.
- You do have your differences in a band, there is no denying that, but we would never row or argue about things.
Synonyms argue, quarrel, squabble, bicker, have a row/fight, fight, fall out, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at odds, have a misunderstanding, be at variance, have words, dispute, spar, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads informal scrap, go at it hammer and tongs, argufy archaic altercate, chop logic Scottish archaic fratch 1.1 [with object] Rebuke severely: she was rowed for leaving her younger brother alone PhrasesOriginMid 18th century: of unknown origin. |