Row
Row , adjective and adverb
[See Rough.]
Rough; stern; angry. [Obsolete]
Lock he never so row.
Row , noun
[Abbrev. from rouse, n.]
A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloquial] — Byron
Row , noun
[Old English rowe, rawe, rewe, Anglo-Saxon rāw, r{not transcribed}w; probably akin to Dutch rij, German reihe; compare Sanskrit r{not transcribed}khā a line, stroke.]
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.
And there were windows in three rows.
The bright seraphim in burning row.
Collocations (2)
Row culture (Agriculture) , the practice of cultivating crops in drills.
Row of points (Geometry) , the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.
Row , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon r{not transcribed}wan; akin to Dutch roeijen, Middle High German ruejen, Danish roe, Swedish ro, Icelandic r{not transcribed}a, Latin remus oar, Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit aritra. r8. Compare Rudder.]
1.
To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
2.
To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
Row , intransitive verb
1.
To use the oar; as, to row well.
2.
To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Row , noun
The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.