I. ˈrō verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Old Norse rōa, Latin remus oar, Greek eressein to row, eretmon oar, Sanskrit aritra
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to propel a boat by means of oars
got into the dinghy and rowed out to the sloop
b. : to be a member of a racing crew
rowed on the varsity eight
c. : to take part in a rowing competition
rows against the champions in the annual regatta
2. archaic : to struggle to advance
no one shall find me rowing against the stream … I write for general amusement — Sir Walter Scott
3. : to move by or as if by the propulsion of oars
as the boats rowed in … we could hear groans and lamentations — Kenneth Roberts
pelicans row by on slow, powerful wings — Juana Vogt
transitive verb
1.
a. : to propel with or as if with oars
row a boat
b. : to be equipped with (a specified number of oars)
the ceremonial barge rowed 14 oars
c.
(1) : to participate in (a rowing match)
row a race
(2) : to compete against in a rowing match
rows the champion in the regatta
(3) : to pull (an oar) in a crew
rowed stroke for the class crew
2. : to transport in or as if in a boat propelled by oars
charged a small fee to row us across the river
sailors on shore leave row their girls around the lake in the park
II. noun
( -s )
: an act or instance of rowing
go for a row on the lake
III. ˈrəu̇
chiefly Scotland
variant of raw
IV. ˈrō noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rawe, rowe, from Old English rāw, ræw; akin to Old High German rīga line, Latin rima slit, fissure, crack, Sanskrit rikhati he scratches, rekhā scratch, line
1.
a. : a number of objects in a orderly series : string
a double row of sodium vapor highway lamps — American Guide Series: Virginia
b. : an uninterrupted sequence : succession
utter … rows of platitudes — Joyce Cary
won the state tourney for four years in a row — Bulletin of Bates College
c. : an arbitrary series or arrangement of the twelve-tone chromatic scale used as a basis or organizational device for modern musical compositions
2. archaic : a homogeneous group : category , set
an only daughter … who is, at least, approaching the old maid's row — Manasseh Cutler
3. obsolete : a written line especially metrical
the first row of the pious chanson — Shakespeare
4.
a. : block I 5c(2)
street after street exactly alike, lined with rows — T.F.Hamlin
b. : a way for passage : alley , street
on Catfish row and down Ramcat Alley — Shelby Foote
two of the island's main arteries, Royal Poinciana Way and Coconut row — Walter Cartwright
c. : a street or area dominated by a specific kind of enterprise or occupancy
in most cities a separate automobile row has arisen on the edge of the central business district — C.D.Harris & E.L.Ullman
rumors fly along diplomatic row
zigzag from movie house to movie house like a barfly on whiskey row — Nathaniel Bart
5. : a continuous strip usually running horizontally or parallel to a base line: as
a. : a line of seats in a theater
a pair of seats in the fifth row center
b. : a line of cultivated plants
hoe between the rows
c. : a horizontal line (as of figures) — distinguished from column
row totals are added to get the column total
d. : a line of stitches across a piece of needlework
a row of knitting
e.
(1) : a line of tufts in a carpet
there is usually one row of pile tufts for each cycle of back weaving
(2) : the average number of tufts per inch in a carpet counted in the direction of the warp
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- a row to hoe
V. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to form into or furnish with rows
above the … heads of the students rowed before me — Ralph Ellison
a bare room rowed with dusty windows — R.M.Coates
VI. ˈrau̇ noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
a. : a noisy disturbance : brawl , ruckus
a first-class row between a brutal ranger … and an inoffensive citizen — S.E.White
b. : a heated argument : quarrel , squabble
a terrific row … between husband and wife because the former put a 15¢ stamp too much on a letter — H.J.Laski
during the recent row over atomic-energy legislation their feuding was epic — Alfred Friendly
2. slang chiefly Britain
a. : a loud sound : noise , racket
would make a beastly row with that instrument — F.M.Ford
b. : mouth
she give him a big apple to shut his row — Richard Llewellyn
Synonyms: see brawl
VII. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. archaic : to subject to assault : rough up
2. chiefly Britain : to speak angrily to : berate , scold
row ed the driver about the fare — McClure's
intransitive verb
: to have a quarrel : fight , squabble
wrangled and rowed with … other editors — W.A.White