Definition of ROW

row

Plural: rows

Noun

  • an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
    • "a row of chairs"
  • an angry dispute
  • a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
    • "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"
    • "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches"
  • (construction) a layer of masonry
  • a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
  • a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
    • "they won the championship three years in a row"
  • the act of rowing as a sport
  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
  • Clipping of cornrow.
  • An act or instance of rowing.
  • Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
  • A noisy argument.
  • A continual loud noise.

Verb

Verb Forms: rowed, rowing, rows

  • To propel a boat using oars.
  • propel with oars
    • "row the boat across the lake"
  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
  • To be moved by oars.
  • To argue noisily.

Examples

  • He tried to row his way to victory by meticulously planning each move.
  • I went for an early-morning row.
  • The boat rows easily.
  • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  • to row the captain ashore in his barge
  • Who's making that row?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).
Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).

Synonyms

course, dustup, quarrel, rowing, run-in, words, wrangle, argue, argument, din, disturbance, fight, fracas, line, paddle, racket, sequence, series, shouting match, slanging match, succession, tier

Antonyms

column

Scrabble Score: 6

row: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
row: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
row: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

row: valid Words With Friends Word