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Row   /roʊ/   Listen
Row

noun
1.
An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
2.
An angry dispute.  Synonyms: dustup, quarrel, run-in, words, wrangle.  "They had words"
3.
A long continuous strip (usually running horizontally).  "Rows of barbed wire protected the trenches"
4.
(construction) a layer of masonry.  Synonym: course.
5.
A linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side.
6.
A continuous chronological succession without an interruption.
7.
The act of rowing as a sport.  Synonym: rowing.
verb
(past & past part. rowed; pres. part. rowing)
1.
Propel with oars.



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"Row" Quotes from Famous Books



... the afternoon the five soldiers who had been slain were placed in a row at the top ...
— Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines - or, Following the Flag against the Moros • H. Irving Hancock
... am quite happy, Sylvestre, and I owe my happiness to you, to her, and to others. I have done nothing myself to deserve happiness beyond letting myself drift on the current of life. Whenever I tried to row a stroke the boat nearly upset. Everything that others tried to do for me succeeded. I can't get over it. Just think of it yourself. I owed my introduction to Jeanne to Monsieur Flamaran, who drove me to call on her father; his friend; you courted her for me by painting ...
— The Ink-Stain, Complete • Rene Bazin
... the capital of Siam, consists of a long, double, and, in some parts, treble row of neatly and tastefully painted wooden cabins, floating on thick bamboo rafts, and linked to each other, in parcels of six or seven houses, by chains; which chains were fastened to huge poles driven into the bed of the river. The whole city rose at once ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 - Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 • Various
... was a good-natured man. So we all climbed up on the ladder, one after another, and while we were waiting for the man to carry it around to the back of the sign we all sat in a row on top. Right underneath us were painted the words "Always on top." I made a picture of that sign with all of us sitting on the top of it. The one in the middle ...
— Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... sat at the table, reviewing the events of the afternoon, after the girl had taken her departure, Mrs. Pendleton regretted that she had consented to take charge of Sisily. She flattered herself that she was sufficiently modern not to care a row of pins for the stigma on the girl's birth, but there were awkward circumstances, and not the least of them was her own rash promise to break the news to Sisily that she was illegitimate. That disclosure was not likely ...
— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees


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