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row 1
(rō)n.
1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
4. A continuous line of buildings along a street.
tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
Idiom: To place in a row.
a tough row to hoe Informal
A difficult situation to endure.
[Middle English, from Old English rāw.]
row 2
(rō)v. rowed, row·ing, rows
v.intr. Nautical
To use an oar or pair of oars in propelling a boat, typically by facing the stern and pulling the oar handle toward oneself, using an oarlock as a fulcrum to push the blade backward through the water repeatedly.
v.tr.
1. Nautical
a. To propel (a boat) with oars.
b. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.
c. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).
2. To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.
3. Sports
a. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
b. To race against by rowing.
n. Nautical
1.
a. The act or an instance of rowing.
b. A shift at the oars of a boat.
2. A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.
row′er n.
row 3
(rou)n.
1. A noisy or quarrel or disturbance.
2. A loud noise.
intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To take part in a noisy quarrel or disturbance.
[Origin unknown.]
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row
(rəʊ)n
1. an arrangement of persons or things in a line: a row of chairs.
2. (Human Geography)
a. chiefly Brit a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical houses
b. (capital when part of a street name): Church Row.
3. a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc
4. (Mathematics) maths a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix
5. (Chess & Draughts) a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard
6. in a row in succession; one after the other: he won two gold medals in a row.
7. a hard row to hoe a difficult task or assignment
[Old English rāw, rǣw; related to Old High German rīga line, Lithuanian raiwe strip]
row
(raʊ)n
1. a noisy quarrel or dispute
2. a noisy disturbance; commotion: we couldn't hear the music for the row next door.
3. a reprimand
4. give someone a row informal to scold someone; tell someone off
vb
5. (often foll by: with) to quarrel noisily
6. (tr) archaic to reprimand
[C18: origin unknown]
row
(rəʊ)vb
1. (Rowing) to propel (a boat) by using oars
2. (Rowing) (tr) to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat
3. (Rowing) to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)
4. (Rowing) (intr) to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport, esp in eights, in which each member of the crew pulls one oar. Compare scull6
5. (Rowing) (tr) to race against in a boat propelled by oars: Oxford row Cambridge every year.
n
6. (Rowing) an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
7. (Rowing) an excursion in a rowing boat
[Old English rōwan; related to Middle Dutch roien, Middle High German rüejen, Old Norse rōa, Latin rēmus oar]
ˈrower n
ˈrowing n
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row1
(roʊ)n.
1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line.
2. a line of persons or things so arranged.
3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater.
4. a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.
5. one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.
v.t. 6. to put in a row (often fol. by up).
Idioms: hard, long, or tough row to hoe, an extremely difficult set of circumstances to contend with.
7. in a row, one after another; in succession.
[1175–1225; Middle English row(e); compare Old English rǣw]
row2
(roʊ)v.i.
1. to propel a vessel by the leverage of oars or the like.
v.t. 2. to propel (a vessel) with oars or the like.
3. to convey in a boat that is rowed.
4. to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
5. to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars).
6. to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
7. to row against in a race.
n. 8. an act or period of rowing.
9. an excursion in a rowboat.
[before 950; Middle English; Old English rōwan, c. Middle Low German rōjen, Middle High German rüejen to steer, Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus oar]
row′er, n.
row3
(raʊ)n.
1. a noisy dispute or quarrel.
v.i. 2. to quarrel noisily.
[1740–50]
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row
- windbreak - A row of trees acting as a fence.
- acrostic - From Greek akron, "end," and stikhos, "row, line of verse."
- queue - Has the forms queued and queuing or queueing; queueing has five vowels in a row.
- row - The verb comes from Germanic ro-, "steer," and row, "orderly line," which is from Germanic raigwa.
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Row
a number of things or persons set out in a circle, in a string or series, or in a line—Wilkes.Examples: row of answers, 1674; of beans; of grain, 1707; of houses, 1450; of onions, 1880; of piles, 1229; of pillars, 1610; of pineapples, 1779; of stakes, 1719; of theatre seats, 1710; of teeth, 1887; of words, 1510; of writers, 1576.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
row
Past participle: rowed
Gerund: rowing
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| Noun | 1. |  row - an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" serration - a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip" terrace - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace" |
| 2. |  row - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" bust-up - a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) | |
| 3. | row - a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" strip - a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" | |
| 4. | row - (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" damp course, damp-proof course - a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" row of bricks - a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line) wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" | |
| 5. | row - a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" table, tabular array - a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" | |
| 6. | row - a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row" chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness, sequence - a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" | |
| 7. |  row - the act of rowing as a sport feathering, feather - turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race" sculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | |
| Verb | 1. | row - propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" stroke - row at a particular rate boat - ride in a boat on water pull - operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars" scull - propel with sculls; "scull the boat" |
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row
1noun line, bank, range, series, file, rank, string, column, sequence, queue, tier a row of pretty little cottages
in a row consecutively, running, in turn, one after the other, successively, in sequence They have won five championships in a row.
row
2noun (Informal)
1. quarrel, dispute, argument, squabble, tiff, trouble, controversy, scrap (informal), fuss, falling-out (informal), fray, brawl, fracas, altercation, slanging match (Brit.), shouting match (informal), turf war (informal), shindig (informal), ruction (informal), ruckus (informal), shindy (informal), bagarre (French) A man was stabbed to death in a family row.
2. disturbance, noise, racket, uproar, commotion, pandemonium, rumpus, tumult, hubbub 'Whatever is that row?' she demanded.
3. telling-off, talking-to (informal), lecture, reprimand, ticking-off (informal), dressing-down (informal), rollicking (Brit. informal) (informal), tongue-lashing, reproof, castigation, flea in your ear (informal) I can't give you a row for scarpering off.
verb
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nounverb
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Translations
رِحْلَة تَجْذيفشِجار، خِصامصَفصَفّعِراك شَوارِع
řadaveslovathádkakravállomoz
rækkeroskænderiskændesspektakel
ridarivi
riidelläriitarivisoutaarähinä
redsvađasvađati seveslati
sor
bátsferîflytja/ferja í árabátgauragangurhávaîarifrildiróa
列喧嘩喧嘩する
다투다말다툼배를 젓다줄
airētairētiesbrauciens ar laivupārvadāt laivāskandāls
lomozprevážaťvýlet na člne
hrupprepirprepirati seveslativrsta
bråkbråkaradrotumult
แถวการทะเลาะวิวาททะเลาะวิวาทพาย
chèo thuyềnhàngtranh cãivụ cãi nhau
row
1 [rəʊ]A. N (= line) → fila f, hilera f (Theat etc) → fila f; [of books, houses etc] → hilera f, fila f; (in knitting) → pasada f, vuelta f
in a row → en fila
in the front row → en primera fila, en la fila uno
in the fourth row → en la cuarta fila, en la fila cuatro
he killed four in a row → mató cuatro seguidos, mató cuatro uno tras otro
for five days in a row → durante cinco días seguidos
in a row → en fila
in the front row → en primera fila, en la fila uno
in the fourth row → en la cuarta fila, en la fila cuatro
he killed four in a row → mató cuatro seguidos, mató cuatro uno tras otro
for five days in a row → durante cinco días seguidos
row
2 [rəʊ]A. N (= trip) → paseo m en bote de remos
to go for a row → pasearse or hacer una excursión en bote
it was a hard row to the shore → nos costó llegar a la playa remando
to go for a row → pasearse or hacer una excursión en bote
it was a hard row to the shore → nos costó llegar a la playa remando
B. VT [+ boat] → remar; [+ person] → llevar en bote
you rowed a good race → habéis remado muy bien
he rowed the Atlantic → cruzó el Atlántico a remo
to row sb across a river → llevar a algn en bote al otro lado de un río
can you row me out to the yacht? → ¿me lleva en bote al yate?
you rowed a good race → habéis remado muy bien
he rowed the Atlantic → cruzó el Atlántico a remo
to row sb across a river → llevar a algn en bote al otro lado de un río
can you row me out to the yacht? → ¿me lleva en bote al yate?
C. VI → remar
to row hard → esforzarse remando, hacer fuerza de remos
he rowed for Oxford → remó en el bote de Oxford
to row against sb → competir con algn en una regata a remo
we rowed for the shore → remamos hacia la playa, nos dirigimos remando hacia la playa
to row across a river → cruzar un río a remo
to row round an island → dar la vuelta a una isla remando or a remo
to row hard → esforzarse remando, hacer fuerza de remos
he rowed for Oxford → remó en el bote de Oxford
to row against sb → competir con algn en una regata a remo
we rowed for the shore → remamos hacia la playa, nos dirigimos remando hacia la playa
to row across a river → cruzar un río a remo
to row round an island → dar la vuelta a una isla remando or a remo
row
3 [raʊ] (esp Brit)A. N
1. (= noise) → ruido m, bulla f
the row from the engine → el ruido del motor
it makes a devil of a row → hace un ruido de todos los demonios
hold your row!; stop your row! → ¡cállate!
the row from the engine → el ruido del motor
it makes a devil of a row → hace un ruido de todos los demonios
hold your row!; stop your row! → ¡cállate!
2. (= dispute) → bronca f, pelea f
to have a row → reñir, pelearse (LAm)
now don't let's start a row → no riñamos
the row about wages → la disputa acerca de los salarios
to have a row → reñir, pelearse (LAm)
now don't let's start a row → no riñamos
the row about wages → la disputa acerca de los salarios
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row
1 [ˈrəʊ] n
(= line) [houses, shops, trees, objects, chairs] → rangée f; [plants] → rang m
a row of houses → une rangée de maisons
a row of houses → une rangée de maisons
[people, cars] (beside one another) → rangée f; (behind one another) → file f
in a row [sit, stand] → en rang
in a row [sit, stand] → en rang
(= line of seats) (in cinema, theatre, classroom) → rang m
Our seats are in the front row → Nos places se trouvent au premier rang.
in the back row → au dernier rang
Our seats are in the front row → Nos places se trouvent au premier rang.
in the back row → au dernier rang
(KNITTING) → rang m
vi
(as sport) → faire de l'aviron
vt
to row a boat → ramer
We could all row a boat almost before we could walk → Nous savions tous ramer avant même de savoir marcher.
We could all row a boat almost before we could walk → Nous savions tous ramer avant même de savoir marcher.
[+ person] to row sb across → faire traverser qn, faire traverser qn à la rame
to row sb back → ramener qn, ramener qn à la rame
The boatman refused to row him back → Le batelier a refusé de le ramener., Le batelier a refusé de le ramener à la rame.
to row sb back → ramener qn, ramener qn à la rame
The boatman refused to row him back → Le batelier a refusé de le ramener., Le batelier a refusé de le ramener à la rame.
[+ distance] → ramer
row
2 [ˈraʊ] (British) n
(= noise) → vacarme m
What's that terrible row? → Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce vacarme?
to make a row → faire du vacarme
What's that terrible row? → Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce vacarme?
to make a row → faire du vacarme
(= noisy argument) (between friends, family) → dispute f
to have a row → se disputer
They've had a row → Ils se sont disputés.
They had a terrible row
BUT Ils ont eu une terrible dispute.
a family row → une dispute familiale
to have a row → se disputer
They've had a row → Ils se sont disputés.
They had a terrible row
BUT Ils ont eu une terrible dispute.
a family row → une dispute familiale
(= dispute) (between organizations, countries, public figures) → dispute f
a row over sth → une dispute à propos de qch
A new row has broken out over the government's plans → Une nouvelle dispute a éclaté à propos des projets du gouvernement.
a row over sth → une dispute à propos de qch
A new row has broken out over the government's plans → Une nouvelle dispute a éclaté à propos des projets du gouvernement.
vi
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row
1n → Reihe f; (Comput) (of table) → Zeile f; 4 failures in a row → 4 Misserfolge hinter- or nacheinander; arrange them in rows → stell sie in Reihen auf
row
2row
3n (esp Brit inf)
vi (= quarrel) → (sich) streiten
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row
1 [rəʊ] n (line) → fila; (of plants) → fila, filare m (Knitting) → ferro (Math) → rigain a row → in fila
in the front row → in prima fila
for five days in a row → per cinque giorni di fila
row
2 [rəʊ]1. vt (boat) → remare
to row sb across a river → trasportare qn dall'altra parte di un fiume su una barca a remi
to row sb across a river → trasportare qn dall'altra parte di un fiume su una barca a remi
row
3 [raʊ]1. n (noise) → baccano, fracasso; (quarrel) → lite f, litigio; (scolding) → sgridata
to make a row → far baccano
to have a row → litigare
to get (into) a row → prendersi una sgridata
to give sb a row → sgridare qn
to make a row → far baccano
to have a row → litigare
to get (into) a row → prendersi una sgridata
to give sb a row → sgridare qn
2. vi → litigare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
row1
(rəu) noun a line. two rows of houses; They were sitting in a row; They sat in the front row in the theatre.
row2
(rəu) verb1. to move (a boat) through the water using oars. He rowed (the dinghy) up the river.
2. to transport by rowing. He rowed them across the lake.
noun a trip in a rowing-boat. They went for a row on the river.
ˈrower noun a person who rows; an oarsman.
ˈrowing-boat, ˈrow-boat noun a boat which is moved by oars.
row3
(rau) noun1. a noisy quarrel. They had a terrible row; a family row.
2. a continuous loud noise. They heard a row in the street.
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row
→ صَفّ, مُشَادَة, يَتَعَارَكُ, يُجَذِّفُ hádat se, hádka, řada, veslovat række, ro, skænderi, skændes Reihe, rudern, Streit, streiten καβγαδίζω, καβγάς, κωπηλατώ, στοίχος discusión, discutir, hilera, remar riidellä, riita, rivi, soutaa dispute, ramer, rangée, se disputer red, svađa, svađati se, veslati fila, lite, litigare, remare 列, 喧嘩, 喧嘩する 다투다, 말다툼, 배를 젓다, 줄 rij, roeien, ruzie, ruziën krangel, krangle, rad, ro kłótnia, rząd, wiosłować, zrobić awanturę briga, brigar, discutir, fila, remar грести, ряд, скандал, скандалить bråk, bråka, rad, ro แถว, การทะเลาะวิวาท, ทะเลาะวิวาท, พาย kürek çekmek, sıra, tartışma, tartışmak chèo thuyền, hàng, tranh cãi, vụ cãi nhau 争吵, 划船, 吵架, 排Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009