ROW


Meaning of ROW in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bottom , middle , top

▪ back , front

▪ first , second , etc.

▪ horizontal , vertical

▪ double , single

▪ neat

She arranged the chairs in two neat ~s.

▪ long

▪ endless

endless ~s of identical houses

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

The children stood in a ~.

It rained for five days in a ~ ( = without a break ).

We have seats in the front ~.

▪ ~ of

a long ~ of houses

PHRASES

▪ the end of the ~ , the middle of the ~

▪ ~s and ~s , ~ upon ~

He looked down at ~ upon ~ of eager faces.

II.

noun ( informal , esp. BrE )

ADJECTIVE

▪ almighty , awful , big , bitter , blazing , fearful , ferocious , fierce , flaming , furious , great , huge , major , serious , terrible , tremendous , unholy ( BrE ), violent

We had a blazing ~ over who should do the cooking.

▪ domestic , family

▪ stand-up

A couple was having a stand-up ~ in the street.

▪ public

▪ drunken

▪ long-running

▪ diplomatic , political

VERB + ROW

▪ have

▪ kick up ( BrE )

I'm going to kick up a ~ if I don't get my money back.

▪ cause

▪ get into

ROW + VERB

▪ blow up , break out , develop , erupt

A ~ blew up over salary increases.

▪ go on , rage , rage on

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

He came to prominence in the ~ over defence policy.

▪ ~ about , ~ over

Carol and I had a terrible ~ about how much money she spends.

▪ ~ between

a ~ between the left and right wings of the party

▪ ~ with

a ~ with my mother

III.

verb

Row is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ boat , ↑ dinghy

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .