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UK/ɹaʊ/ US/ˈɹoʊ/ common slang uk
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

  • “a row of chairs”
2.

an angry dispute

  • “they had a quarrel”
  • “they had words”
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3.

a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)

  • “a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds”
  • “rows of barbed wire protected the trenches”
4.

(construction) a layer of masonry

  • “a course of bricks”
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5.

a linear array of numbers side by side

6.

a continuous chronological succession without an interruption

  • “they won the championship three years in a row”
7.

the act of rowing as a sport

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verb

1.

propel with oars

  • “row the boat across the lake”

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • back row
  • bald-headed row
  • camp as a row of tents
  • Chinese row
  • Colliery Row
  • death row
  • Forest Row
  • front row
  • get in the boat and row
  • get in the boat and start rowing
  • ground row
  • inverted row

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