row
IPA: rˈoʊ
noun
- 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.
- An act or instance of rowing.
- (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
- A noisy argument.
- A continual loud noise.
- A surname.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of cornrow. [(chiefly in the plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.]
- (historical, colloquial) Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring. [A street in Mayfair, borough of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, known for its bespoke tailoring for men.]
- (advertising) Initialism of run of week.
- (travel, video games, digital rights management) Initialism of rest of world.
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
- (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
- (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
- (intransitive) To argue noisily.
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Examples of "row" in Sentences
- There was a row between two parties.
- At the end of the row, turn the work.
- The man aligned the candles in a row.
- The pharyngeal teeth are in two rows.
- The sports are the sailing and rowing.
- This is the payoff for the row player.
- It is the smallest bone in the distal row.
- Characteristic is the row along the waterfront.
- The row containing the pivot is called the pivot row.
- Josiah Rowe omitted the rest of the sentence in order to bolster his argument.