noun

row

noun

A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.

"We sat in the front row of the theater."

"The seedlings were planted in neat rows."

(British informal) A noisy argument or quarrel.

"The neighbors had a huge row over the fence."

"They made up after a row about money."

verb

To move a boat through water using oars.

"They rowed across the lake at sunrise."

How to Use Row

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA straight line of things, the act of paddling a boat with oars, or (in British English) a loud argument.

UK vs US

"Row" meaning an argument is mostly British; Americans would say "fight" or "argument" instead.

Common pairings

in a row row a boat have a row front row

rowed past tense, rowed past tense, rows plural, rows plural, Rows plural, rows singular, rows singular

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The rowing sense is from Old English rōwan; the "line" and "argument" senses developed separately in Middle English.

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