row Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- a row of chairs
noun an angry dispute
run-in; wrangle; dustup; words; quarrel.
- they had a quarrel
- they had words
noun a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
- a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds
- rows of barbed wire protected the trenches
noun (construction) a layer of masonry
course.
- a course of bricks
noun a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
noun a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
- they won the championship three years in a row
noun the act of rowing as a sport
rowing.
verb propel with oars
- row the boat across the lake

See Rough.

Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.

OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. raw, rw; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. rkha a line, stroke.

A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.
And there were windows in three rows. 1 Kings vii. 4.

The bright seraphim in burning row. Milton.

AS. rwan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. rüejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. ra, L. remus oar, Gr. , Skr. aritra. Cf. Rudder.

imperfect & past participle Rowed ; present participle & verbal noun Rowing

To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.