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row¹
- /ɹəʊ/ UK
- /ɹoʊ/ US
- /ɾo/ Scotland
- /ɾou/ Wales
- /rɑː/ Northumbria
Sounds like Rowe, rho, roe, Roe (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
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”).
noun rows · rew
- 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.
- Specifically, a line of buildings on a street; also, the street itself (especially in street names)
- A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
- Clipping of cornrow Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight.
Similar: line, sequence, series, succession, tier
row²
Where it comes from
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.
verb rows · rowing · rowed
-
To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
Similar: paddle
- To transport in a boat propelled with oars. to row the captain ashore in his barge
- To be moved by oars. The boat rows easily.
noun rows
- An act or instance of rowing. I went for an early-morning row.
- Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
row³
- /ɹaʊ/
Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.
noun rows
-
A noisy argument.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
Similar: argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match
- A continual loud noise. Who's making that row?
Row⁴
Where it comes from
English surname, variant of Rowe.
proper noun Rows
- A surname.
Row⁵
proper noun the Row
- Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
- 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 o
ROW⁶
noun ROWs
- Initialism of run of week
- Initialism of rest of world
- 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.
RoW⁷
noun
- Initialism of rest of world
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: course, run-in, words, dustup, quarrel, wrangle, heading, file, series, campus, lines, queue, line, ranking, round, belong
noun
Similar: line, sequence, series, succession, tier
Translations
Every language
noun line of objects
| Español | fila, línea, hilera, pista, renglón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 줄 jul, 열 yeol |
| 日本語 | 列 retsu |
| 中文 | 排 pái |
| हिन्दी | आवली āvlī, पंक्ति paṅkti |
| Kiswahili | safu, mstari |
| Português | fileira, eito |
| Français | ligne, rang, rangée |
| Deutsch | Reihe |
| Italiano | fila, serie, sequenza, successione |
| Ελληνικά | στοίχος stoíchos |
| Română | rând, șir |
| Русский | ряд rjad |
| Tiếng Việt | hàng |
| العربية | صَفّ ṣaff |
| עברית | טוּר tur, שׁוּרָה shurá |
noun in a table
| Español | línea, renglón, registro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 행 haeng |
| 日本語 | 行 gyō |
| 中文 | 行 háng |
| Kiswahili | safu |
| Português | linha |
| Français | ligne |
| Deutsch | Zeile |
| Italiano | riga |
| Română | linie |
| Русский | ряд rjad, строка́ stroká |
| العربية | صَفّ ṣaff |
verb transitive: propel over water using oars
| Español | remar, bogar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 젓다 jeotda |
| 日本語 | 漕ぐ kogu |
| 中文 | 划 huá, 划船 huáchuán |
| हिन्दी | खेना khenā |
| Português | remar |
| Français | ramer |
| Deutsch | rudern |
| Italiano | remare |
| Ελληνικά | κωπηλατώ kopilató, τραβάω κουπί σε traváo koupí se |
| Русский | грести́ grestí |
| Tiếng Việt | chèo |
| العربية | جَدَّفَ jaddafa |
verb intransitive: propel a boat or other craft over water using oars
| Español | remar, bogar, proejar |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | खेना khenā |
| Português | remar, vogar |
| Français | ramer, voguer |
| Deutsch | rudern |
| Italiano | remare, vogare |
| Ελληνικά | τραβάω κουπί traváo koupí |
| Română | vâsli |
| Русский | грести́ grestí |
noun exercise
| Español | remo |
|---|---|
| Português | remo |
| Deutsch | Rudern |
| Italiano | remata |
| Русский | тя́га к поя́су tjága k pojásu |
| العربية | تَجْدِيف tajdīf |
noun noisy argument
| Español | pelea, riña, gresca, reyerta, pitote, pifostio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 瞎鬧 /瞎闹 xiānào, 胡鬧 /胡闹 húnào |
| Deutsch | Streit, Auseinandersetzung, Krach, Spektakel, Donnerwetter |
| Italiano | lite, rissa, cazziata, cazziatone |
| Ελληνικά | αλληλοβρίσιμο allilovrísimo, καβγάς kavgás |
| Русский | свара svara, склока skloka |
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