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rows

UK/ɹəʊz//ɹoʊz/

rows is the plural of row.

rows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of row.

Meaning of 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
    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

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)

row (plural rows)

  1. (UK) A noisy argument.
    • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

See all 12 meanings of row

Noun capitalized: ROWs

ROWs

  1. (plural) plural of ROW

Proper noun capitalized: Rows

Rows

  1. (plural) plural of Row

Phrases with rows

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Words that rhyme with rows

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Questions about rows

What is rows the plural of?
Rows is the plural of row.
What part of speech is rows?
Rows can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rows?
Rows is pronounced /ɹoʊz/ (US).

Words near rows in the dictionary

  1. Rowntrees
  2. rowpit
  3. rowport
  4. rowports
  5. Rowrah
  6. rows
  7. rows back
  8. rows in the same boat
  9. rows to hoe
  10. rows up
  11. rowse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rows (page history and authors); ROWs (page history and authors); Rows (page history and authors); row (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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