row
//ˈɹəʊ//
Forms
- Plural
- rows
- present (v1)
- row
- past (v2)
- rowed
- past participle (v3)
- rowed
- present participle
- rowing
- 3rd person singular
- rows
Definitions
1.A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
- The bright seraphim in burning row.
- And there were windows in three rows.
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.(slang)
- Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight.
- If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh.
4.An act or instance of rowing.
- I went for an early-morning row.
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.
4.To argue noisily.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2193
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).