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Row
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- 1 A surname.
- 2 Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, historical
- 3 Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
"Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship."
- 1 A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
"And there were windows in three rows."
- 2 An act or instance of rowing.
"I went for an early-morning row."
- 3 A noisy argument.
"There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row."
- 4 Initialism of run of week. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of rest of world abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 the act of rowing as a sport wordnet
- 7 A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
- 8 Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
- 9 A continual loud noise.
"Who's making that row?"
- 10 Initialism of rest of world. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 (construction) a layer of masonry wordnet
- 12 Clipping of cornrow. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural, slang
"Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight."
- 13 Initialism of right of way. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"In some of these areas, the road ROWs are also adjacent to existing aboveground MVEC distribution lines, which are shown on maps in Appendix A. […] Great River Energy will require a new 100-foot-wide ROW for construction and maintenance of the Transmission Line."
- 14 a continuous chronological succession without an interruption wordnet
- 15 an angry dispute wordnet
- 16 an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line wordnet
- 17 a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side wordnet
- 18 a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally) wordnet
- 1 To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. intransitive, transitive
- 2 To argue noisily. intransitive
- 3 propel with oars wordnet
- 4 To transport in a boat propelled with oars. transitive
"to row the captain ashore in his barge"
- 5 To be moved by oars. intransitive
"The boat rows easily."
Etymology
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 Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).
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. Related to Russia.
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. Related to Russia.
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
English surname, variant of Rowe.
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