English Explanatory Dictionary

row

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
  2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
  3. Clipping of cornrow.
verb
  1. To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
  3. To be moved by oars.
noun
  1. An act or instance of rowing.
  2. Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
noun
  1. A noisy argument.
  2. A continual loud noise.
verb
  1. To argue noisily.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
  2. Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
noun
  1. Initialism of run of week.
  2. Initialism of rest of world.
  3. Initialism of right of way.
noun
  1. Initialism of rest of world

Pronunciation

rō /ˈɹəʊ/ /ˈɹoʊ/ en-us-row.ogg /ɾo/ /ɾou/ /rɑː/ rou /ɹaʊ/ en-us-row-fight.ogg

Word forms

row rows rew rowing rowed the Row

Etymology

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“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

line sequence series succession tier paddle argument disturbance fight fracas quarrel shouting match slanging match din racket argue

Antonyms

column

Related words

arow back row bald-headed row camp as a row of tents checkrow Christcross-row Colliery Row Comberow crossrow death row fencerow Fisherrow five-in-a-row Forest Row front row groundrow ground row hard row to hoe have one's ducks in a row hedgerow hoe one's row home row Hospital Row in a row interrow long row to hoe Loosley Row Low Row mahogany row Meadows row midrow Moor Row multirow murderers' row Pendlay row pervert's row perv row put one's ducks in a row reduced row echelon form renegade row ribble-row row crop rowcrop row echelon form row-equivalence row-equivalent rowhome rowhouse row house rowless rowlike rowmate row of pins row-reduced rowset row space rowstore row to hoe row up row vector

Derived words

rower rown trade row
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