Definitions for ROWroʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rowroʊ(n.)
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line.
a line of persons or things so arranged.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater.
a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.
one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.
Category: Games
(v.t.)to put in a row (often fol. by up).
in a row,one after another; in succession.
Category: Idiom
Idioms for row:
hard, long, or tough row to hoe,an extremely difficult set of circumstances to contend with.
Category: Idiom
Origin of row:
1175–1225; ME row(e); cf. OE rǣw
rowroʊ(v.i.)
to propel a vessel by the leverage of oars or the like.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(v.t.)to propel (a vessel) with oars or the like.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to convey in a boat that is rowed.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars).
Category: Nautical, Navy
to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
to row against in a race.
Category: Navy
(n.)an act or period of rowing.
an excursion in a rowboat.
Origin of row:
bef. 950; ME; OE rōwan, c. MLG rōjen, MHG rüejen to steer, ON rōa; akin to L rēmus oar
row′er(n.)
rowraʊ(n.)
a noisy dispute or quarrel.
(v.i.)to quarrel noisily.
Origin of row:
1740–50
Princeton's WordNet
row(noun)
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
"a row of chairs"
quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup(noun)
an angry dispute
"they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
row(noun)
a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
"a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches"
course, row(noun)
(construction) a layer of masonry
"a course of bricks"
row(noun)
a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
row(noun)
a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
"they won the championship three years in a row"
rowing, row(verb)
the act of rowing as a sport
row(verb)
propel with oars
"row the boat across the lake"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
row(noun)ʊ
a number of people or things arranged in a line
a row of trees planted along the river; chairs arranged in rows
rowʊ
happening one after another
There were three tornadoes in a row.
row(verb)ʊ
to move a boat using oars
They rowed across the lake.
row(noun)ʊ
an argument in which you disagree with sb
She had a row with her boyfriend.
Webster Dictionary
Row(u)
rough; stern; angry
Row(noun)
a noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl
Row(noun)
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
Row(verb)
to propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat
Row(verb)
to transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge
Row(verb)
to use the oar; as, to row well
Row(verb)
to be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily
Row(noun)
the act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat
Translations for ROW
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- bakleieryAfrikaans
- شِجار، خِصامArabic
- свадаBulgarian
- brigaPortuguese (BR)
- hádka, kraválCzech
- der KrachGerman
- skænderiDanish
- καβγάςGreek
- bronca, peleaSpanish
- tüliEstonian
- نزاع؛ بگو مگوFarsi
- riitaFinnish
- disputeFrench
- וִיכּוּח קוֹלָנִיHebrew
- झगड़ाHindi
- svađaCroatian
- veszekedésHungarian
- pertengkaranIndonesian
- hávaðarifrildiIcelandic
- battibecco, liteItalian
- けんかJapanese
- 말다툼, 언쟁Korean
- skandalas, vaidasLithuanian
- tracis; skandālsLatvian
- pertengkaranMalay
- ruzieDutch
- krangel, husbråkNorwegian
- awanturaPolish
- نزاع؛ بگو مگوPersian
- جګړه، دخولی جنګPashto
- brigaPortuguese
- ceartă, scandalRomanian
- ссораRussian
- hádkaSlovak
- prepirSlovenian
- svađaSerbian
- gräl, bråkSwedish
- เสียงทะเลาะตึงตังThai
- tartışma, atışmaTurkish
- 爭吵Chinese (Trad.)
- колотнеча; сваркаUkrainian
- دھینگا مشتیUrdu
- cuộc cãi vãVietnamese
- 吵嚷Chinese (Simp.)
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