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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Old English rāw. Cognate with Dutch rij and German Reihe (“row”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) enPR: rō, IPA: /ɹəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /r@U/
- (US) enPR: rō, IPA: /ɹoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /roU/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: rho, roe
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun [edit]
row (plural rows)
- A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
- A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *ere-, *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.
Noun [edit]
row (plural rows)
- (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
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Verb [edit]
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
- (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
- (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
- to row the captain ashore in his barge
- (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
- The boat rows easily.
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Etymology 3 [edit]
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
row (plural rows)
- A noisy argument.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Byron to this entry?)
- A continual loud noise.
- Who's making that row?
Synonyms [edit]
- (noisy argument): argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
- (continual loud noise): din, racket
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Verb [edit]
row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)
- (intransitive) to argue noisily
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Lower Sorbian [edit]
Noun [edit]
row m (diminutive rowk)
Declension [edit]
Manx [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From an old perfective particle ro- + va.
Verb [edit]
row
Usage notes [edit]
Part of the substantive verb bee. This is the dependent form of the past tense va used after negative and interrogative particles:
Upper Sorbian [edit]
Noun [edit]
row m
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