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row en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ɾou/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
  • /rɑː/ (Northumbria)
  • (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɾo/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US)
  • /ɹoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *Hréykō Proto-Germanic *rīgǭder. Proto-Germanic *raigwō Proto-Germanic *raiwō Proto-West Germanic *raiwu Old English rǣw Middle English rewe English row From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).

Meanings

  1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • 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:
    • And there were windows in three rows. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings vii:4:
  2. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc. ▸ Specifically, a line of buildings on a street; also, the street itself (especially in street names)
  3. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural, slang) Clipping of cornrow.
    alt of cornrow
    • If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh. 2015 October 22, Stefan Bondy, “Kristaps Porzingis had cornrows as a kid because 'all the girls loved it'”, in New York Daily News, New York, N.Y.: Daily News L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022:
    • Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 25:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rew alternative lexicographic
rows Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

column

Deriveds

home row · Moor Row · row crop · rowwise · Colliery Row · row-reduced · row-equivalence · shedrow · midrow · front row · Christcross-row · Shield Row · bald-headed row · row up · pervert's row · rowlike · row vector · row house · row-equivalent · row of pins · tough row to hoe · rowcrop · Loosley Row · long row to hoe · mahogany row · five-in-a-row · subrow · renegade row · hedgerow · rowstore · Low Row · row space · Forest Row · in a row · rowhouse · rowset · auto row · Fisherrow · second row · toothrow · groundrow · rowhome · stone row · Shiney Row · crossrow · Hospital Row · ground row · rowless · multirow · murderers' row · windrow · Pendlay row · checkrow · perv row · arow · row echelon form · camp as a row of tents · hard row to hoe · Woodrow · reduced row echelon form · Savile Row · Spooner Row · turnrow · rowmate · fencerow · have one's ducks in a row · hoe one's row · back row · ribble-row · row to hoe · interrow · skid row · row Z · put one's ducks in a row · Meadows row · death row · Comberow

Synonyms

line (in a table) · succession (line of objects) · line (line of objects) · series (line of objects) · tier (line of objects) · sequence (line of objects)

Translations (161)

sh ре̑д (in a table) · fi rivi (in a table) · evn даран (line of objects) · bg ред (in a table) · ky ирет (line of objects) · ka რიგი (line of objects) · pl rząd (line of objects) · arz صف (line of objects) · nb rekke (line of objects) · bg ред (line of objects) · id baris (line of objects) · wa lene (in a table) · sh redac (in a table) · hi पंक्ति (line of objects) · fa-ira صَفّ (line of objects) · pdt Rieej (line of objects) · km ជួរ (line of objects) · it fila (line of objects) · fr ligne (in a table) · wa rîlêye (line of objects) · eo horizontalo (in a table) · it sequenza (line of objects) · da rad (line of objects) · sw mstari (line of objects) · ko(line of objects) · sv rad (line of objects) · es pista (line of objects) · gl riola (line of objects) · pt linha (in a table) · vi hàng (line of objects) · tg радиф (line of objects) · te వరుస (line of objects) · uk ряд (in a table) · he טוּר (line of objects) · it riga (in a table) · pl wiersz (in a table) · az cərgə (line of objects) · egy i-t:r:t (line of objects) · zza rêz (line of objects) · mk ред (line of objects) · gl ringleira (line of objects) · fr ligne (line of objects) · tr sıra (line of objects) · sh rȇd (in a table) · pt fileira (line of objects) · fa-ira قَطار (line of objects) · ky катар (line of objects) · hy շարք (in a table) · zza qor (in a table) · pl szereg (line of objects) · th แนว (line of objects) · be ра́да (line of objects) · ml വരി (line of objects) · tg саф (line of objects) · es línea (line of objects) · el στοίχος (line of objects) · fr rang (line of objects) · wa roye (in a table) · ga rae (line of buildings on a street) · ja(line of objects) · ms baris (line of objects) · fr rangée (line of objects) · wa roye (line of objects) · tl hanay (line of objects) · cmn(line of objects) · es línea (in a table) · gl rea (line of objects) · ja(in a table) · tt рәт (line of objects) · hi आवली (line of objects) · ar صَفّ (line of objects) · es fila (line of objects) · shn တႅဝ်း (line of objects) · eve даран (line of objects) · sh rȇd (line of objects) · es hilera (line of objects) · sw safu (line of objects) · it successione (line of objects) · ur قِطار (line of objects) · ca fila (in a table) · de Reihe (line of objects) · zza qor (line of objects) · ckb ڕیز (line of objects) · is röð (line of objects) · nl rij (in a table) · az sıra (line of objects) · rm retscha (line of objects) · sh ре̑д (line of objects) · sh редац (in a table) · yi ריי (line of objects) · hu sor (line of objects) · uz qator (line of objects) · sw safu (in a table) · ro linie (in a table) · gl liña (in a table) · ar صَفّ (in a table) · yue(in a table) · fa-ira رَج (in a table) · ca filera (line of objects) · ko(line of objects) · et rida (in a table) · sl vrsta (in a table) · fa-ira رَدیف (line of objects) · ko(in a table) · ko(line of objects) · ug قاتار (line of objects) · sk riadok (in a table) · ru строка́ (in a table) · bg реди́ца (line of objects) · da række (line of objects) · sk rad (line of objects) · ca fila (line of objects) · lv rinda (line of objects) · ml വരി (in a table) · ro șir (line of objects) · es registro (in a table) · cs řada (line of objects) · tr satır (in a table) · be рад (in a table) · be шэ́раг (line of objects) · ro rând (line of objects) · ba рәт (line of objects) · da række (in a table) · ru ряд (line of objects) · et rivi (line of objects) · ru ряд (in a table) · th แถว (line of objects) · pt eito (line of objects) · gl fila (in a table) · be рад (line of objects) · uk ряд (line of objects) · te అడ్డు వరుస (in a table) · fa-ira رَژ (in a table) · es renglón (line of objects) · sq rresht (line of objects) · de Zeile (in a table) · kw rew (line of objects) · nl rij (line of objects) · cs řádek (in a table) · gl renque (line of objects) · fi rivi (line of objects) · la seriēs (line of objects) · he שׁוּרָה (line of objects) · kk қатар (line of objects) · gl fila (line of objects) · az sıra (in a table) · sl vrsta (line of objects) · et kirje (in a table) · ms baris (in a table) · tg қатор (line of objects) · uk рядо́к (in a table) · wa rindjeye (line of objects) · it serie (line of objects) · sv rad (in a table) · dsb rěd (line of objects) · ga líne (line of objects) · cmn(in a table) · es renglón (in a table) · hy շարք (line of objects) · grc στίχος (line of objects) · eo vico (line of objects)

Source: en.wiktionary, “row” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

row en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder. Related to Russia.

Meanings

  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rows Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

inverted row · seal row · Chinese row · row-back

Translations (12)

gl remo (exercise) · sv rodd (exercise) · fi soutu (exercise) · ru тя́га к поя́су (exercise) · de Rudern (exercise) · sh vèslānje (exercise) · it remata (exercise) · pt remo (exercise) · ar تَجْدِيف (exercise) · es remo (exercise) · fi alatalja (exercise) · sh вѐсла̄ње (exercise)

Source: en.wiktionary, “row” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

row en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English rōwan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder. Related to Russia.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rowed Tense=Past lexicographic
rows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

rower · rown

Relateds

row back · rerow · outrow · get in the boat and start rowing · row in the same boat · get in the boat and row · rowport · rowbarge · rowboat · rowable

Synonyms

paddle

Translations (121)

mnc ᠮᡝᠯᠪᡳᠮᠪᡳ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · es remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · cv авӑс (transitive: propel over water using oars) · cs veslovat (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · fr ramer (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ml തുഴയുക (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · cs veslovat (transitive: propel over water using oars) · oc remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · fr ramer (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · be веслава́ць (transitive: propel over water using oars) · gl vogar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · fi soutaa (transitive: propel over water using oars) · fur remâ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · eu arraun egin (transitive: propel over water using oars) · is paddla (transitive: propel over water using oars) · it vogare (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · ml തുഴയുക (transitive: propel over water using oars) · tyz bơi (transitive: propel over water using oars) · sk veslovať (transitive: propel over water using oars) · vi chèo (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ca remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · hu evez (transitive: propel over water using oars) · mk весла (transitive: propel over water using oars) · kea rema (transitive: propel over water using oars) · es proejar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · oc vogar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · mk весла (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · sc bogai (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · gl vogar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · sk veslovať (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · eo remi (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · et aerutama (transitive: propel over water using oars) · fr voguer (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · gd iomair (transitive: propel over water using oars) · shn ၽၢႆး (transitive: propel over water using oars) · it remare (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · pl wiosłować (transitive: propel over water using oars) · nn ro (transitive: propel over water using oars) · cu грети (transitive: propel over water using oars) · sc abogai (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · pl wiosłować (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · fo rógva (transitive: propel over water using oars) · el τραβάω κουπί (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · es remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · gld мэлбири (transitive: propel over water using oars) · be грэ́бці (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · te తెడ్డు వేయుట (transitive: propel over water using oars) · eo remi (transitive: propel over water using oars) · yi רודערן (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ast remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · pms voghé (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · cmn(transitive: propel over water using oars) · sl veslati (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ro vâsli (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · ru грести́ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · th แจว (transitive: propel over water using oars) · uz eshmoq (transitive: propel over water using oars) · es bogar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · nl roeien (transitive: propel over water using oars) · sc remai (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · is róa (transitive: propel over water using oars) · uk гребти́ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · pt remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · nb ro (transitive: propel over water using oars) · cy rhwyfo (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · da ro (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ba ишеү (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · oc remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · sh вѐслати (transitive: propel over water using oars) · hi खेना (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · es bogar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ca remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · bg греба́ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ar جَدَّفَ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · vec remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · vec vogar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · hi खेना (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ast remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · la rēmigō (transitive: propel over water using oars) · de rudern (transitive: propel over water using oars) · lv airēt (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · th พาย (transitive: propel over water using oars) · pt vogar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · mt qadef (transitive: propel over water using oars) · bg греба́ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · el κωπηλατώ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · de rudern (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · la rēmigō (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · sh vèslati (transitive: propel over water using oars) · cy rhwyfo (transitive: propel over water using oars) · fur vogâ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · hy թիավարել (transitive: propel over water using oars) · da ro (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · ba ишеү (transitive: propel over water using oars) · gl remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · grc ἐρέσσω (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · izh soutaa (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · non róa (transitive: propel over water using oars) · uk веслува́ти (transitive: propel over water using oars) · kk есу (transitive: propel over water using oars) · chr ᎦᎦᏪᏍᎦ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · pt remar (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · it remare (transitive: propel over water using oars) · gl remar (transitive: propel over water using oars) · tr kürek çekmek (transitive: propel over water using oars) · cmn 划船 (transitive: propel over water using oars) · mn сэлүүрдэх (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ko 젓다 (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ja 漕ぐ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · fi soutaa (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · sv ro (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · scn vucari (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · km អុំទូក (transitive: propel over water using oars) · sc arremai (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · sv ro (transitive: propel over water using oars) · bua һэлихэ (transitive: propel over water using oars) · grc ἐρέσσω (transitive: propel over water using oars) · be грэ́бці (transitive: propel over water using oars) · el τραβάω κουπί σε (transitive: propel over water using oars) · ru грести́ (intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars) · uk гребти́ (transitive: propel over water using oars)

Source: en.wiktionary, “row” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

row en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A noisy argument.
    • […]he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not? 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 27:
    • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
    • As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me. 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
    • The row comes at a time when Africa is supposed to be moving towards greater free trade through the establishment of a continent-wide free-trade area, which began operating four years ago. 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC:
    • 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:
    • ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers? 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. (UK) A continual loud noise.
    • Who's making that row?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rows Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

trade row

Synonyms

racket · quarrel · slanging match · shouting match · din · argument · fracas · disturbance · fight

Translations (70)

nl kabaal (continual loud noise) · sv bråk (noisy argument) · da optøjer (noisy argument) · de Spektakel (noisy argument) · de Donnerwetter (noisy argument) · de Krach (noisy argument) · it lite (noisy argument) · es bulla (continual loud noise) · cmn 瞎鬧 /瞎闹 (noisy argument) · la turbellae (noisy argument) · da tumult (noisy argument) · gl rebumbio (continual loud noise) · nl lawaai (continual loud noise) · fi meteli (continual loud noise) · de Spektakel (continual loud noise) · de Lärm (continual loud noise) · it rissa (noisy argument) · nl ruzie (noisy argument) · es gresca (noisy argument) · sv tumult (noisy argument) · ru свара (noisy argument) · de Tumult (continual loud noise) · da skænderi (noisy argument) · gd trod (noisy argument) · cmn 胡鬧 /胡闹 (noisy argument) · it cazziatone (noisy argument) · gl balbordo (continual loud noise) · da spektakel (noisy argument) · es pelotera (noisy argument) · sv gräl (noisy argument) · es riña (noisy argument) · el καβγάς (noisy argument) · el αλληλοβρίσιμο (noisy argument) · ca agafada (noisy argument) · de Streit (noisy argument) · es zafarrancho (noisy argument) · de Auseinandersetzung (noisy argument) · sv oväsen (continual loud noise) · bg дандани́я (continual loud noise) · ru склока (noisy argument) · es pifostio (noisy argument) · es reyerta (noisy argument) · ru тарарам (continual loud noise) · da ballade (continual loud noise) · bg врява (continual loud noise) · da slagsmål (noisy argument) · es pelea (noisy argument) · pl awantura (noisy argument) · gl rifa (noisy argument) · fi rähinä (noisy argument) · es pitote (noisy argument) · da ballade (noisy argument) · es trifulca (noisy argument) · it chiasso (continual loud noise) · de Krawall (continual loud noise) · bg караница (noisy argument) · gl barullo (continual loud noise) · it cazziata (noisy argument) · de Krach (continual loud noise) · da spektakel (continual loud noise) · fi riita (noisy argument) · gl liorta (noisy argument) · es barullo (continual loud noise) · it baccano (continual loud noise) · gl lea (noisy argument) · da strid (noisy argument) · fi rähinä (continual loud noise) · de Radau (continual loud noise) · it schiamazzo (continual loud noise) · es cisco (noisy argument)

Source: en.wiktionary, “row” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

row en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To argue noisily.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rowed Tense=Past lexicographic
rows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

fight · argue

Translations (20)

da skælde ud (intransitive: argue noisily) · fi riidellä (intransitive: argue noisily) · gd troid (intransitive: argue noisily) · sv bråka (intransitive: argue noisily) · it litigare (intransitive: argue noisily) · el καβγαδίζω (intransitive: argue noisily) · de streiten (intransitive: argue noisily) · da skændes (intransitive: argue noisily) · sv gräla (intransitive: argue noisily) · ru скандалить (intransitive: argue noisily) · de krachen (intransitive: argue noisily) · de zanken (intransitive: argue noisily) · es reñir (intransitive: argue noisily) · pt discutir (intransitive: argue noisily) · ro certa (intransitive: argue noisily) · bg карам се (intransitive: argue noisily) · es pelear (intransitive: argue noisily) · it schiamazzare (intransitive: argue noisily) · it berciare (intransitive: argue noisily) · es discutir (intransitive: argue noisily)