row¹ /rō/

1. A line or rank of people or things, eg seats, houses, turnips, etc
2. A series in line, or in ordered succession
3. A complete line of stitches (knitting)
4. Often in street-names, of a single or double line of houses

To set in or with a row or rows

row house noun (N American)

A terraced house

a hard row to hoe

A destiny fraught with hardship

death row see under death

in a row

In unbroken sequence

twelve-tone row or twelve-note row see under twelve

row² /rō/

1. To propel through water by making strokes with an oar or oars
2. To transport by rowing
3. To direct in a particular course of action, etc (figurative)
4. To achieve, render, perform or effect by use of oars
5. To take part in or race against in competitive rowing
6. To use (an oar) or make (a stroke) in rowing

1. To work with the oar
2. To be moved by oars
3. To race in rowing boats for sport

1. An act or spell of rowing
2. A journey in a rowing boat
3. A distance rowed

rowˈable adjective

Capable of being rowed or rowed on

rowˈer noun

rowˈing noun

row barge noun (historical)

A barge worked by oars

rowˈboat noun (N American).

rowing boat noun

rowing machine noun

An exercise machine with movable seat and arms to simulate the action of rowing

row port noun (nautical)

A small square hole for an oar in a vessel's side

row over

To win a (heat in a) rowing race by rowing the course unopposed

row³ /row/

1. A noisy squabble
2. A brawl
3. A din, hubbub
4. A scolding or rebuking

1. To make a disturbance
2. To quarrel

1. To rag, assail (archaic)
2. To scold

rowen /rowˈən/

A second mowing of grass in the same season, an aftermath (also rowˈan, rowˈing, rawˈing or rawn /rön/)

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