row

Noun (1)

row (plural rows)

1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
   • And there were windows in three rows.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings vii:4
   • The bright seraphim in burning row.1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “At a Solemn Musick”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC
   1. Specifically, a line of buildings on a street; also, the street itself (especially in street names)
2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

   Synonyms:

   line

   Antonyms:

   column

Verb (1)

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

   Synonyms:

   paddle

2. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
   • to row the captain ashore in his barge
3. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
   • The boat rows easily.

Noun (2)

row (plural rows)

1. An act or instance of rowing.
   • I went for an early-morning row.
2. Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

Noun (3)

IPA/ɹaʊ/

row (plural rows)

1. (UK) A noisy argument.
   • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
   • In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match

2. (UK) A continual loud noise.
   • Who's making that row?

   Synonyms:

   din, racket

Verb (2)

IPA/ɹaʊ/

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (intransitive) To argue noisily.

   Synonyms:

   argue, fight

Noun (4) capitalized: ROW

ROW (countable and uncountable, plural ROWs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of run of week.
2. (abbreviation, initialism, digital rights management) Initialism of rest of world.
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of right of way.
   • In some of these areas, the road ROWs are also adjacent to existing aboveground MVEC distribution lines, which are shown on maps in Appendix A. […] Great River Energy will require a new 100-foot-wide ROW for construction and maintenance of the Transmission Line.2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 30

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Row

Row (plural Rows)

1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Row

the Row

1. (abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis, historical) Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
2. (abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
   • Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure...1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20
   • Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 51

Noun (5) capitalized: RoW

RoW (uncountable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism, digital rights management) Initialism of rest of world