row

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Alifshinobi (talk | contribs) as of 14:44, 27 December 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Row and rów

English

Lua error in Module:interproject at line 62: Parameter "dab" is not used by this template.

Etymology 1

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Middle Dutch rīe, Dutch rij (“row, line”), Old High German rīga (“line”), rihan (“to string”), Middle High German rige (“line, row, ditch”), rīhe (“row, line, corridor”), German Reihe (“row”), Middle Low German rēge, rīge, Old Norse rega (“string”), Middle Dutch rīghe, Dutch rijg, rijge, German Riege (“sports team”).

Alternative forms

  • rew (dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: rō, IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: rō, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophones: rho, roe
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

row (plural rows)

  1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
    • Bible, 1 Kings vii. 4
      And there were windows in three rows.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The bright seraphim in burning row.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
  2. A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
    Antonym: column
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Lua error: Module:checkparams:215: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s): 

2=h₁reh₁
id=row

Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.

Pronunciation

Noun

row (plural rows)

  1. An act or instance of rowing.
    I went for an early-morning row.
  2. (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Translations

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  2. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
    to row the captain ashore in his barge
  3. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
    The boat rows easily.
Derived terms
Translations

Template:ttbc-top

Etymology 3

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Pronunciation

Noun

row (plural rows)

  1. A noisy argument.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
    • 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
      As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess‎[1]:
      ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 27:
      ...he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?
    Synonyms: argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
  2. A continual loud noise.
    Who's making that row?
    Synonyms: din, racket
Translations

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

  1. (intransitive) to argue noisily
    Synonyms: argue, fight
Translations

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

row

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rovъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian row, Polish rów (“ditch”), Czech rov, Russian ров (rov, “ditch”), Old Church Slavonic ровъ (rovŭ, “ditch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

row m ? (diminutive rowk)

  1. grave

Declension

Declension of row
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative row rowa rowy
Genitive rowa rowowu rowow
Dative rowoju rowoma rowam
Accusative row rowa rowy
Instrumental rowom rowoma rowami
Locative rowje rowoma rowach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “row”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “row”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Manx

Etymology

From an old perfective particle ro- + va.

Verb

row

  1. was, were (dependent form)

Usage notes

Part of the substantive verb bee. This is the dependent form of the past tense va used after negative and interrogative particles:

    • Cha row aggle erbee er.
      • He was not in the least afraid.
    • Dooyrt eh dy row eh mac y ree.
      • He claimed that he was the son of the king.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rovъ.

Noun

row m

  1. grave

Vilamovian

row (1)
row (2)

Pronunciation

Noun

rōw f (plural rowa)

  1. rook (bird)
  2. raven
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=row&oldid=58240957"