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