row
row1 / rō/ • n. a number of people or things in a more or less straight line: her villa stood in a row of similar ones. ∎ a line of seats in a theater: they sat in the front row. ∎ a street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides, esp. when specifying houses of a particular type or function: fraternity row. ∎ a horizontal line of entries in a table. ∎ a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet.PHRASES: a hard (or tough) row to hoe a difficult task.in a row forming a line: four chairs were set in a row. ∎ inf. in succession: we get six days off in a row.row2 / rō/ • v. [tr.] propel (a boat) with oars: out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy. ∎ [intr.] travel by propelling a boat in this way: we rowed down the river all day. ∎ convey (a passenger) in a boat by propelling it with oars: her father was rowing her across the lake. ∎ [intr.] engage in the sport of rowing, esp. competitively: he rowed for Yale.• n. [in sing.] a period of rowing.DERIVATIVES: row·er n.row3 / rou/ inf., • n. a noisy acrimonious quarrel: they had a row and she stormed out of the house. ∎ a serious dispute: the director is at the center of a row over policy decisions. ∎ a loud noise or uproar: if he's at home he must have heard that row.• v. [intr.] have a quarrel: they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale.PHRASES: make (or kick up) a row make a noise or commotion. ∎ make a vigorous protest.
Row
Row
a number of things or persons set out in a circle, in a string or series, or in a line—Wilkes.
Examples : row of answers, 1674; of beans; of grain, 1707; of houses, 1450; of onions, 1880; of piles, 1229; of pillars, 1610; of pineapples, 1779; of stakes, 1719; of theatre seats, 1710; of teeth, 1887; of words, 1510; of writers, 1576.