row
1 (rō)
[Middle English, from Old English rāw.]
noun
- A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
- A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
- A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
- A continuous line of buildings along a street.
transitive verb: rowed, row·ing, rows.
- To place in a row.
idioms
- a tough row to hoe
- A difficult situation to endure.
row
2 (rō)
[Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan.]
verb: rowed, row·ing, rows.
intransitive verb
Nautical
- To propel a boat with or as if with oars.
transitive verb
- Nautical
- To propel (a boat) with or as if with oars.
- To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.
- To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).
- To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.
- Sports
- To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
- To race against by rowing.
noun
Nautical- The act or an instance of rowing.
- A shift at the oars of a boat.
- A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.
derivatives
- roẃer
- noun
row
3 (rou)
[Origin unknown.]
noun
- A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See synonyms at brawl
- An uproar; a great noise.
intransitive verb: rowed, row·ing, rows.
- To take part in a quarrel, brawl, or uproar.
