row
/rou/
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Definition
Noun:
- A line of things or people arranged side by side: A horizontal arrangement of objects or people.
- A line of seats in a theater, stadium, or other venue: A tier of seats.
- A line of plants in a garden or field: A straight line in which plants are grown.
- A noisy argument or dispute: A loud, angry quarrel.
- The act of propelling a boat with oars: The sport or activity of rowing.
- A continuous period or sequence: A succession of events or instances without a break.
Verb (transitive & intransitive):
- To propel a boat using oars: To move a boat through water by using oars.
- To have a noisy argument: To quarrel loudly and angrily.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Line of things):
- The books were arranged in a neat row on the shelf.
- We sat in the front row of the concert hall.
- The farmer planted a row of corn.
- Noun (Argument):
- They had a terrible row about money.
- The neighbors were having a row, and we could hear everything.
- Noun (Rowing):
- We went for a row on the lake this morning.
- Noun (Sequence):
- The team has won five games in a row.
- Verb (Propelling a boat):
- Can you row the boat to the other side?
- We rowed across the river.
- Verb (Arguing):
- The couple next door is always rowing.
Advanced Usage
- "A hard/tough row to hoe": A difficult task or situation to deal with.
- Starting a new business during a recession is a tough row to hoe.
- "To hoe one's own row": To manage one's own affairs independently.
- He doesn't need help; he prefers to hoe his own row.
Variants and Related Words
- Rowboat (n): A small boat designed to be rowed.
- Rower (n): A person who rows a boat, especially as a sport.
- Rowing (n): The sport or activity of racing in rowboats.
- Row house (n): One of a series of identical houses connected by shared side walls.
Synonyms
- Line, tier, rank, series, queue (for the arrangement meaning).
- Argument, quarrel, dispute, squabble, altercation (for the noisy argument meaning).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Row back (on something): To retreat from or reverse a previously stated position or promise.
- The government was forced to row back on its tax policy after public protests.
- Row over: To win a rowing race easily.
- The champion crew rowed over to victory.
Related Idioms
- "Not amount to a row of beans/pins": To be of very little value or importance.
- His opinion doesn't amount to a row of beans around here.
Noun
- the act of rowing as a sport
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
- they won the championship three years in a row
- a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- a course of bricks
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
- a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds
- rows of barbed wire protected the trenches
- an angry dispute
- they had a quarrel
- they had words
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- a row of chairs
Verb
- propel with oars
- row the boat across the lake