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Meaning of 'row' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Row [ a. & adv.]
- Rough; stern; angry.
2 . Row [ n.]
- A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
- A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.
- The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
3 . Row [ v. i.]
- To use the oar; as, to row well.
- To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
4 . Row [ v. t.]
- To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
- To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

Meaning of 'row' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . row [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (construction) a layer of masonry
Example in sentence:
  • a course of bricks
Meaning (2):
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
Example in sentence:
  • a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds;
  • rows of barbed wire protected the trenches
Meaning (3):
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
Example in sentence:
  • a row of chairs
Meaning (4):
- an angry dispute
Example in sentence:
  • they had a quarrel;
  • they had words
Meaning (5):
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
Example in sentence:
  • they won the championship three years in a row
6 . row [ v]
Meaning (6):
- propel with oars
Example in sentence:
  • row the boat across the lake

Nearby Words:

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