rownoun
uk/rəʊ/us/roʊ/row noun (LINE)
B1 [ C ] a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each other:
US UK terrace a line of houses joined together along their side walls
[ C ] used in the names of some roads:
B2 one after another without a break:
More examples
- The roof of the temple was held up by a row of thick stone columns.
- I'd like seats on the front row of the stalls.
- "This is our fourth victory in a row, " he gloated.
- They built a row of hotels right along the sea-front.
- A row of tall fir trees shuts off the view of the street in front.
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Things collected in lines or rings
- column
- crocodile
- file
- line
- queue
- rank
- ring
- rope
- single file
- string
- thread
- tier
- train
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row noun (MOVING THROUGH WATER)
[ C usually singular ] the activity of making a boat move through water using oars (= poles with flat ends):
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Movement on or through water
- dabble
- dip
- float
- hydroplane
- paddle
- raft
- sail
- surface
- swim
- tack
- wade
- wallow
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Idiom(s)
rowverb [ I or T ]
uk/rəʊ/us/roʊ/B2 to cause a boat to move through water by pushing against the water with oars (= poles with flat ends):
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Rowing
- cox
- feather
- four
- oar
- oarsman
- oarswoman
- scull
- sculling
- shell