I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE
/roʊ/
( rows)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line.
...a row of pretty little cottages...
Several men are pushing school desks and chairs into neat rows.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
2.
Row is sometimes used in the names of streets.
...the house at 236 Larch Row.
N-IN-NAMES : n N
3.
see also death row , skid row
4.
If something happens several times in a row , it happens that number of times without a break. If something happens several days in a row , it happens on each of those days.
They have won five championships in a row...
PHRASE : PHR after v
II. MAKING A BOAT MOVE
/roʊ/
( rows, rowing, rowed)
When you row , you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars.
He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore...
We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk...
The boatman refused to row him back.
VERB : V prep , V n , V n adv / prep
•
Row is also a noun.
I took Daniel for a row.
N-COUNT
see also rowing
III. DISAGREEMENT OR NOISE
/raʊ/
( rows, rowing, rowed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A row is a serious disagreement between people or organizations. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank’s role in the affair...
= dispute
N-COUNT : oft adj N , N prep
2.
If two people row or if one person rows with another, they have a noisy argument. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
They rowed all the time...
He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend.
V-RECIP : pl-n V , V with n
3.
If you say that someone is making a row , you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasant noise. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
‘Whatever is that row?’ she demanded. ‘Pop festival,’ he answered.
= din, racket
N-SING